ISO Cleanroom

03 Cleanroom, Vacuum, Gases & Facilities

Notation ISO

Definition

An ISO cleanroom is a controlled environment whose airborne particulate cleanliness is classified according to ISO 14644 particle-concentration limits.

Application

Used in semiconductor fabrication to control airborne contamination at cleanliness levels appropriate to lithography, deposition, etch, metrology, and other contamination-sensitive processes.

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