U.S. patent application number 10/779380 was filed with the patent office on 2005-08-18 for substrate confinement apparatus and method.
Invention is credited to Oliphant, Laura, Starikov, Alexander.
Application Number | 20050181711 10/779380 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34838372 |
Filed Date | 2005-08-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050181711 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Starikov, Alexander ; et
al. |
August 18, 2005 |
Substrate confinement apparatus and method
Abstract
A method and apparatus for constraining a substrate in-plane is
provided. A substrate retainer having a retainer body and contact
surface configured to engage a portion of a back side of a
substrate, and a flexure coupled to the retainer body and
configured to restrict one or more degrees of movement of a
substrate with respect to the substrate retainer.
Inventors: |
Starikov, Alexander; (Palo
Alto, CA) ; Oliphant, Laura; (Redwood City,
CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT
PACWEST CENTER, SUITES 1600-1900
1211 S.W. FIFTH AVE.
PORTLAND
OR
97204
US
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Family ID: |
34838372 |
Appl. No.: |
10/779380 |
Filed: |
February 12, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
451/54 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B24B 37/30 20130101;
G03F 7/707 20130101; B24B 41/068 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
451/054 |
International
Class: |
B24B 001/00 |
Claims
1. A substrate retainer, comprising: a plurality of retainer
bodies, configured to removably engage a substrate having a back
side, wherein each retainer body engages a corresponding inner
portion of the back side and the plurality of retainer bodies
collectively engage less than the entire back side; and a flexure
coupled to one of the retainer bodies, configured to restrict one
or more degrees of movement of the substrate with respect to the
substrate retainer.
2. The substrate retainer of claim 1, wherein one of the retainer
bodies removably engages the back side of the substrate through
vacuum control.
3. The substrate retainer of claim 2, wherein one of the retainer
bodies includes a contact surface, and an aperture extending
through a portion of the contact surface to allow activation and
deactivation of a vacuum.
4. The substrate retainer of claim 1, wherein the retainer body
removably engages the portion of the back side of the substrate
through a coupling method selected from electrostatic force,
VanderWaals force, magnetic forces and capillary attraction.
5. The substrate retainer of claim 1, wherein one of the retainer
bodies includes a contact surface to mate with the back side of the
substrate, and the contact surface is faced with a wear-resistant
material.
6. The substrate retainer of claim 1, wherein the flexure is
configured to resist in-plane lateral movement, and allows
out-of-plane movement.
7. The substrate retainer of claim 6 wherein the in-plane lateral
movement restricted by the flexure is movement in at least a
selected one of a X, a Y and a .theta. direction, and the
out-of-plane movement allowed by the flexure includes a Z
direction.
8. The substrate retainer of claim 1, wherein the flexure material
is a selected one of steel, aluminum, glass, quartz, synthetic
diamond, and sapphire.
9. The substrate retainer of claim 1, further comprising an
actuator configured to controllably urge the flexure and the
retainer body in an upward direction to facilitate chucking and
dechucking of the substrate.
10. The substrate retainer of claim 9, wherein the actuator
controls the coupling of the retainer body to the back side of the
substrate.
11. A substrate confinement apparatus, comprising: a global
confinement system that causes a substrate to substantially remain
in one plane; and one or more substrate retainers, at least one of
which including: a plurality of retainer bodies, configured to
removably engage a a substrate having a back side, wherein each
retainer body engages a corresponding inner portion of the back
side and the plurality of retainer bodies collectively engage less
than the entire back side; and a flexure coupled to one of the
retainer bodies and configured to restrict one or more degrees of
movement of the substrate with respect to the substrate
retainer.
12. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein three
or more substrate retainers are used and equilaterally spaced from
each other.
13. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein one of
the retainer bodies removably engages the back side of the
substrate through vacuum control.
14. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein one of
the retainer bodies includes a contact surface, and an aperture
extending through a portion of the contact surface to allow
activation and deactivation of a vacuum.
15. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
retainer body removably engages the portion of the back side of
substrate through a coupling method selected from electrostatic
force, VanderWaals force, magnetic forces and capillary
attraction.
16. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein one of
the retainer bodies includes a contact surface to engage the back
side of the substrate, and the contact surface is faced with a
wear-resistant material.
17. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
flexure is configured to resist in-plane lateral movement, and
out-of-plane movement.
18. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 17 wherein the
in-plane lateral movement restricted by the flexure is movement in
at least a selected one of a X, a Y and a .theta. direction, and
the out-of-plane movement allowed by the flexure is a Z
direction.
19. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 17, wherein the
global confinement apparatus maintains the substrate generally in
one plane and the one of the substrate retainers allows for
independent local out-of-plane movement of the substrate.
20. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
flexure material is a selected one of steel, aluminum, glass,
quartz, synthetic diamond, and sapphire.
21. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, further
comprising an actuator configured to controllably urge one of the
substrate retainers in an upward direction to facilitate loading
and unloading of the substrate.
22. The substrate confinement apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
global confinement system includes a plurality of vacuum ports and
air jets, and a pressure control to maintain the substrate in
substantially one plane.
23. A substrate confinement method, comprising: providing a
substrate having process side and a back side; providing a
substrate confinement apparatus having one or more substrate
retainers, at least one of the substrate retainers including a
plurality of retainer bodies configured to removably engage a
substrate having a back side, wherein each retainer body engages a
corresponding inner portion of the back side and the plurality of
retainer bodies collectively engage less than the entire back side,
and a flexure coupled to one of the retainer bodies and configured
to restrict one or more degrees of movement of the substrate with
respect to the substrate retainer; positioning the substrate in the
substrate confinement apparatus; urging one of the substrate
retainers toward the back side of the substrate; and coupling a
contact surface of one of the retainer bodies to the back side of
the substrate; and activating a global confinement system.
24. The substrate confinement method of claim 23, further
comprising: processing the substrate; and decoupling the substrate
retainer from of the back side of the substrate.
25. The substrate confinement method of claim 23, wherein urging
one of the substrate retainers toward the back side of the
substrate includes providing an actuator and raising the actuator
to engage the flexure.
26. The substrate confinement method of claim 23, wherein coupling
the contact surface of one of the retainer bodies to the back side
of the substrate includes supplying a vacuum to the retainer
body.
27. The substrate confinement method of claim 25, further
comprising: removing the actuator from the flexure.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Disclosed embodiments of the invention relate to the field
of substrate processing, and more particularly, embodiments of the
invention relate to constraining a substrate in specified
coordinates during processing, such as for substrate chucking at
lithography.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0002] The invention is illustrated by way of example and not by
way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in
which the like references indicate similar elements and in
which:
[0003] FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a substrate
confinement apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0004] FIG. 2 illustrates top view of a substrate confinement
apparatus and substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0005] FIG. 3. Illustrates a cross-sectional view of a substrate
confinement apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention; and
[0006] FIG. 4 illustrates a process for confining and unconfining a
substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
[0007] In the following detailed description, reference is made to
the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein like
numerals designate like parts throughout, and in which is shown by
way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may
be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be
utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without
departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the
following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting
sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the
appended claims and their equivalents.
[0008] Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide
a substrate confinement apparatus and a substrate confinement
method that may assist in the confinement of a substrate, such as a
silicone wafer, in fixed coordinates with respect to a confinement
apparatus, despite the forces that are imposed on a substrate as it
is being processed or transferred from one process to another. One
or more substrate retainers in accordance with the present
invention may be used to improve control of the top surface, such
as planarity, despite local imperfections on a substrate back side
or on the substrate chuck.
[0009] Current substrate confinement apparatuses are often referred
to as "wafer chucks", which typically may confine a substrate in
different ways. One such example is known as a contactless chuck,
where a plurality of air jets and vacuum ports may be used to
maintain the substrate in a substantially planar position and
achieve lateral (X, Y and potentially .THETA.) in plane confinement
through mechanical contact and the substrate side. Another wafer
chuck is a low contact area chuck, which confines a substrate with
direct contact of a large vacuum operated seal positioned about the
outer periphery of the substrate with several inner hard supports
positioned within the perimeter of the seal for supporting the
interior portion of the substrate. Other higher area contact chucks
may also be used.
[0010] Contactless chucks allow more in-plane movement that is
desired, as there may be some tolerance between the mechanical
contact with the substrate sides. Contact chucks, on the other
hand, constrain the substrate on a very small lateral spatial
scale, such that the substrate cannot properly relax into a chucked
position conformal with the surface of hard contact. Additionally,
contact surface particulate contamination and wear can cause out of
plane confinement and impact processing side planarity. In one
embodiment in accordance with the present invention a wafer may be
constrained in-plane, such that lateral movement in either the X, Y
or rotational .THETA. is restricted with minimal substrate contact,
allows the substrate to properly relax into a chucked position. And
though some contact is made, it can accommodate certain wear and/or
contamination issues and maintain global planarity of the process
side of the substrate.
[0011] FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a substrate
confinement apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention. A Substrate 10, which may be for example a
silicon wafer, is in a position for processing of the process side
12 of substrate 10. As shown, the wafer may be fully confined and
also said to be in the "chucked state." Examples of processing
stages where the substrate may need to be in the chucked state
include, but are not limited to, lithography, chemical mechanical
polishing (CMP), inspection and metrology and transfer/transport.
Accordingly, in these and other processes it may be necessary that
process side 12 of substrate 10 to remain globally planar and in
fixed coordinates so it does not move in certain directions, but
may allow for local independent movement of portions of the back
side, depending on situations such as back side imperfections,
particulate contamination, chuck irregularities and the like.
[0012] As shown, substrate 10 may be constrained in-plane and
restrained in one or more degrees of lateral movement. Substrate 10
may be so confined by at least one or more substrate retainers 20
in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. Thus, when
movement within a plane is to be restricted (e.g. lateral movement)
three degrees of substrate movement that may be resisted by the
substrate retainer 20 includes movement along the X and Y axes and
movement in the rotational .THETA. direction, shown by the
coordinate legend 8.
[0013] Substrate retainer 20 may include a retainer body 22 and
flexure 30, and when coupled to the substrate back side 14, may
allow for local out of plane substrate movement in the vertical Z
direction, while confining in plane lateral movement. Absence of
hard local confinement in the Z direction may be necessary during
certain processes, such as lithography, to enable the substrate
being processed to appropriately relax into a globally planar
confined state. In cases, such as CMP, such Z movement may be
needed for uniform back side pressure, or locally spatially
modulated back side pressure as may be required for CMP material
removal of a process side so it can be processed into a planar
surface.
[0014] Substrate 10 may be substantially confined to a single plane
through the use of a global confinement system such as a pressure
control system using alternating vacuum ports 16 and air jets 18 or
an electrostatic control system, or some other known form of
confinement. The vacuum ports 16 and air jets 18 work in
conjunction with one another providing sufficient upflow and
downflow, such that the substrate 10 may be held in-plane without
having significant out of plane warp or movement of substrate 10 in
the Z direction to maintain control of the process side 12 of
substrate 10.
[0015] The alternating vacuum ports 16 and air jets 18 alone,
however, do not restrict movement in the X, Y or .THETA.
directions. In typical contactless chucks, some form of mechanical
interface is required with the edges of the substrate to restrain X
and Y and .THETA. movement. However, the mechanical interface
allows for some movement, as some tolerance must exist between the
substrate edge and the mechanical interface, otherwise, the
substrate cannot float and move, if necessary, in the Z
direction.
[0016] In an embodiment in accordance with the present invention,
retainer 20 may be used to restrain in-plane movement of substrate
10 and maintain the X, Y and .THETA. coordinates, as well as allow
for local independent movement in the Z direction. Retainer 20 may
include a retainer body 22 that has a contact surface 24 configured
to removably couple with substrate back side 14. Retainer body 22
and contact surface 24 may removably couple to substrate back side
14 through the use of a vacuum and/or suction effect. A number of
other techniques may be used to interconnect retainer body 22 and
contact surface 24 to the substrate back side 14, including, but
not limited to, electrostatic forces, VanderWaals force, magnetic
forces, and meniscus and capillary forces where an interface
material may be used.
[0017] Retainer body 22 may be coupled to a flexure 30. Flexure 30
may be a stiff membrane, and may be designed to allow unhampered
motion in one or more directions, but is extremely inflexible in
other directions. Thus, for example, where movement is only desired
in the Z direction, as shown by position 32 for example, flexure 30
may be designed to restrict lateral movement in the X and/or Y
directions, as well as restrict rotational movement in the .THETA.
direction. Flexure 30 may then allow freedom of movement in the Z
direction, as shown by flexure position 32.
[0018] The coupling of the retainer body 22 to the flexure 30 may
be through a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, a
mechanical interconnection, such as a rivet, screw, or welding,
and/or a chemical/mechanical interconnection, such as an adhesive.
In an other embodiment, the retainer body and the flexure may be
made out the same material as a unit.
[0019] Under ideal conditions, there would likely be little or no
need for the substrate 10 to move in the Z direction. However, due
to a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, substrate
back side imperfections, processing irregularities and the presence
of contaminants, portions of the substrate back side 14 may need to
be allowed out of plane on back side 14, which may require locally
allowing limited Z movement, to improve planarity of the process
side 12, and globally confining the overall Z movement of the front
side, while constraining the in-plane degrees of freedom.
[0020] Substrate retainer 20 achieves such a result, in that it may
allow local Z movement as required for global planarity of the
process side 12 and restrain movement out of the X, Y or .THETA.
coordinates, which may be coordinates that need to be maintained
throughout the process. It can be appreciated however, that other
coordinates may also be constrained, as needed, including the Z
coordinate, such that the flexure allows movement in another
direction, depending on the process and substrate being processed.
This may be accomplished by selecting a flexure and material that
meets such movement controlling parameters.
[0021] Suitable materials for flexure 30 may include metal-based
materials, such as steel, aluminum, and other alloys, as well as
non-metal-based materials, such as glass, quartz, synthetic
diamond, sapphire, and the like. The flexure may also be configured
or supported in several ways, including, but not limited to single
sheet having two points of attachment.
[0022] As illustrated in FIG. 1, two substrate retainers 20 may be
coupled to the substrate back side 14. In such a case, each
retainer body 22 may be coupled to a corresponding flexure 30 and
30' respectively, which may be configured to restrain lateral
movement. Either substrate retainer may constrain X movement and
the other constrain Y movement. The substrate retainers 20 may be
positioned at different points away from the center of the
substrate 10, and together may operate to constrain rotational
movement or the .THETA. coordinate. The two substrate retainers may
be configured to independently allow movement in the Z direction
such that the substrate may properly settle into a chucked state
and control the planarity of the process side 14, while allowing
for back side irregularities, such as substrate back side 12
imperfections.
[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates a top view of a substrate and substrate
confinement apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention. Three substrate retainers may be horizontally
spaced apart from each other in a generally equilateral relation
fashion. Similar to a tripod, this configuration may provide
sufficient support at enough points on the substrate back side to
provide a substantially uniform support of the substrate 10 for it
to be lowered into the plane of confinement or lifted from the
plane of confinement. The three substrate retainers 20 may also
provide substantial lateral confinement, restricting several
degrees of freedom, including X, Y and .THETA.. As with the
embodiment where two substrate retainers are used, each substrate
retainer may allow for local Z movement, but overall global
confinement may be sufficiently constrained by the global
confinement system, such as alternating air jets and vacuum
ports.
[0024] In other embodiments, more than three substrate retainers
may be used to allow certain degrees of freedom and restrict
others. The more contact points made with the substrate back side,
however, may create additional problems that are undesirable in
certain applications, including, but not limited to the problem of
the substrate to not properly relax into a fully constrained
position as is the case in the currently used contact and low
contact area chucks. In other cases, having redundant substrate
retainers can be a benefit, such as when a back side surface does
not uniformly enable effective attachment, or where independent
operation of back side retainers may be used to assure failure free
operation, even where one retainer fails to attach due to
particulate surface contamination. Redundant arrays of substrate
retainers may also avoid atomic or ionic cross contamination of
processes, such that--where one subs-set of substrate retainers
have contacted a copper bearing substrate, for example, if a
non-copper bearing substrate were to be run in the same machine,
the other redundant sub-set of substrate retainers may be used to
avoid cross contamination and maximize machine usage.
[0025] In another embodiment, if positioned in the center of the
substrate, a single substrate retainer 20 may be used to restrict
at least one or more degrees of movement. However, given the
potential forces encountered by the substrate that may be
translated to the substrate retainer, and the potential size
difference between the substrate being processed and the retainer
contact surface 24, multiple retainer bodies may better restrict
certain degrees of movement.
[0026] Whether using a single or multiple substrate retainers, the
substrate retainers may be carried by a stage that coordinates the
movement of the substrate retainers with other elements of a
substrate chuck.
[0027] A problem that may arise, particularly when processing
ultra-thin substrates, is potential for dimpling. Dimpling may be
inward toward the retainer body, such as may result when a
suction/vacuum connection is made, or outward creating a bump in
the process side where other attractive forces are used. Dimpling
may be caused by the interface between the contact surface and the
substrate back side in conjunction with the forces being
exerted.
[0028] Accordingly, referring to FIG. 1, when vacuum is used, for
example, to secure the substrate retainer 20 to the substrate back
side 14, using a smaller diameter contact surface 24 and reducing
the inner diameter of the aperture 26 may help resist the inward
dimpling effect, which in turn may cause the process side 12 of
substrate 10 to be more unaffected by any back side
interconnection. In the alternative, or in addition to, the number
of substrate retainers may be increased to gain in-plane friction
with out dimpling over individual substrate retainers. Though not
required, it has been found that a diameter for aperture 26 may be
approximately 2 mm without resulting in significant dimpling on
substrates that are on the order of approximately 0.5 mm in
thickness. It can be appreciated, however, that the thinner the
substrate, the inner diameter may be reduced to avoid dimpling
effects.
[0029] Likewise, if a different method to removably couple the
retainer body to the substrate back side 14 is used, such as
electrostatic force, a contact surface diameter that is too small
may increase the outward dimpling effect. It may therefore be
necessary, depending on the coupling method used, to adjust the
contact diameter of the retainer body to resist dimpling by either
decreasing or increasing the diameter of the retainer bodies as
necessary.
[0030] Another problem that may occur is the eventual wear of the
contact surface, due to its contact with a substrate back side.
Wear on the contact surface may hamper the ability of retainer to
securely couple to the substrate back side. Uneven wear among
multiple retainer contact surfaces may cause the substrate to not
be properly confined to particular coordinates. Although contact
surface wear, even non-uniform wear, may be tolerated by substrate
retainer embodiments in accordance with the present invention, as
the flexure movement may compensate for surface wear, to help avoid
such wear, for example, a hard surfacing material may be applied to
the contact surface, or, the retainer body be made of a solid hard
material. Such hard facing materials may include, but are not
limited to, diamond facing or carbide coating. Additionally,
redundant substrate retainers may be included in the substrate
chuck such that depending on the process, fewer or more than three
retainers may be used. Or, if a substrate retainer contact surface
is worn, a redundant substrate retainer may be used while the worn
retainer is replaced.
[0031] FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-section of a substrate
confinement apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present invention. As shown, an actuator 40 may be used to
facilitate the chucking or dechucking of a substrate 10. Actuator
40 may raise to support the flexure 30 and retainer body 22 in an
up/receiving position when substrate 10 is brought into position
for processing. The support provided by actuator 40 may allow
retainer body 22 to couple or decouple to the substrate back side
14.
[0032] Actuator 40 can supply the necessary coupling medium to the
retainer body to enable coupling to the substrate back side, such
as a vacuum or electrostatic force. For example, actuator 40 can
act to provide the necessary vacuum to retainer body 22 to enable
coupling to the substrate back side 14, if vacuum and suction is
the method of coupling. Actuator 40 may also relieve the pressure
to break the vacuum is decoupling is desired. Once coupled or
decoupled, the actuator 40 may then retract (as seen in FIG. 1) to
allow the substrate to settle into the position dictated by the
global Z confinement, such as the alternating air jets 18 and
vacuum ports 16.
[0033] Embodiments in accordance with the present invention may be
suitable for application in lithography and may be used in
conjunction with contactless chucks to enable lateral in-plane
confinement, as well as enable a higher degree of substrate
conformance to the surface of the contactless chuck. Embodiments in
accordance with the present invention may also be suitable for
substrate confinement in Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP) processes
to enable better control of substrate back side pressure and
accommodate substrate back side surface imperfections.
[0034] Embodiments in accordance with the present invention may
also be suitable for substrate confinement where translation in one
or more axis or degrees of freedom may be allowed or required, such
as in precision positioning devices like Flexure Stages.
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention may also be
suitable for substrate confinement in contactless transfer arms and
end-effectors. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention
may also be suitable for substrate confinement for back side
contactless substrate transport devices where a substrate is riding
from one point in space to another and is constrained in plane so
as to not come into hard contact with the walls of the substrate
transporter.
[0035] Substrate confinement in lithography may tend to attain a
desired global planarity, with the tightest restriction on
substrate movement. Whereas, in CMP, some degree of substrate
movement may be tolerable, and in transport/transfer operations may
be even more so. Excessive lateral movement, however, in general is
undesirable in many processes.
[0036] Another embodiment of the present invention may include a
flexible back side constraint for substrates in a substrate carrier
that may have limited back side only contact, which may allow for
considerable flexibility and independent travel to absorb the
forces encountered, but maintains the substrate in a confined state
and precludes hard contact with the stage or carrier of the
substrate and substrate retainers.
[0037] FIG. 4 illustrates a process for chucking and dechucking a
substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention. A substrate confinement apparatus is provided having at
least one substrate retainer in accordance with an embodiment of
the present invention (100). A Substrate may be positioned in the
substrate confinement apparatus for processing (110). This can be
done in a number of ways, including but not limited to an
end-effector bringing the substrate to the confinement apparatus.
An actuator may be used to urge the flexure and retainer body
toward the substrate, and thereby urge a contact surface of the
retainer body into contact with the substrate back side (120). The
retainer body may be coupled to the substrate back side (130). This
coupling may be through number of coupling forces, such as
vacuum/suction applied though the actuator. The actuator may be
retracted from the flexure and retainer, thereby leaving the
retainer coupled to the substrate back side and allow substrate and
substrate retainer to settle into a neutral state (140). The global
confinement system may be activated to maintain the substrate in a
substantially planar position (150). In one embodiment the global
confinement system may include a plurality of alternating air jets
and vacuum ports. Once confined in plane and restricted from
lateral in plane movement, the substrate is ready for processing.
To de-chuck the wafer, a reverse of the above process may be
used.
[0038] Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and
described herein for purposes of description of the preferred
embodiment, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in
the art that a wide variety of alternate and/or equivalent
implementations calculated to achieve the same purposes may be
substituted for the specific embodiment shown and described without
departing from the scope of the present invention. Those with skill
in the art will readily appreciate that the present invention may
be implemented in a very wide variety of embodiments. This
application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of
the embodiments discussed herein. Therefore, it is manifestly
intended that this invention be limited only by the claims and the
equivalents thereof.
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