Shortened load port for factory interface

An electronic device manufacturing system, comprising:

• a factory interface;
• and
• at least one load port for receiving a substrate carrier, comprising:
• a frame adapted for connecting the load port to the factory interface and configured to be wall mountable at a plurality of positions on a front face of the factory interface, the frame comprising a transport opening through which one or more substrates are capable of being transported between the substrate carrier and the factory interface;
• an actuator coupled to the frame;
• and
• a load port door coupled to the actuator and capable of sealing the transport opening, wherein the actuator is capable of adjusting the load port door from a first position to a second position, and from the second position to the first position, wherein:
• the load port door comprises a first measurement between a top of the load port door and a bottom of the load port door;
• the frame comprises a second measurement between a top of the frame and a bottom of the frame;
• and
• the second measurement is greater than the first measurement, and less than 2.5 times the first measurement.

A method for transporting substrates from a substrate carrier into a factory interface, comprising:

• receiving, by a load port, a substrate carrier;
• wherein the load port comprises:
• a frame adapted for connecting the load port to the factory interface and configured to be wall mountable at a plurality of positions on a front face of the factory interface, the frame comprising a transport opening through which one or more substrates are capable of being transported between the substrate carrier and the factory interface;
• an actuator coupled to the frame;
• and
• a load port door coupled to the actuator and capable of sealing the transport opening, wherein the actuator is capable of adjusting the load port door from a first position to a second position, and from the second position to the first position, wherein:
• the load port door comprises a first measurement between a top of the load port door and a bottom of the load port door;
• the frame comprises a second measurement between a top of the frame and a bottom of the frame;
• and
• the second measurement is greater than the first measurement, and less than 2.5 times the first measurement;
• positioning the load port door from the first position to the second position using the actuator;
• and
• retrieving, by a factory interface robot deposed within the factory interface, a substrate from the substrate carrier.