• DocumentCode
    1505390
  • Title

    A low-cost high-performance cleanroom enclosure

  • Author

    Hutchins, J.B. ; Martin, M.D. ; Belolipetskiy, S. ; Cox, H.L., Jr. ; Pitts, W.K. ; Walsh, K.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Louisville Univ., KY, USA
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    144
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    A conventional laboratory room was converted into a cleanroom for laser microfabrication. These simple techniques resulted in a measured class 100 environment at the surface of the optical table, well beyond the class 1000 design goal. The total conversion costs were approximately 40% the cost of a comparable commercial modular cleanroom, sufficiently inexpensive for the development of microfabrication instructional laboratories
  • Keywords
    clean rooms; electronic engineering education; laser beam machining; micromachining; laboratory room; laser microfabrication; low-cost high-performance cleanroom enclosure; measured class 100 environment; microelectronics; microfabrication instructional laboratories; micromachining; optical table surface; Contamination; Costs; Floors; Laboratories; Optical design; Optical design techniques; Optical filters; Plastics; Pollution measurement; Tiles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/13.762951
  • Filename
    762951