WO2010031215A1 - Method for substantially uniform copper deposition onto semiconductor wafer - Google Patents
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- the present invention generally relates to an electrochemical deposition method for electrochemically preparing a uniform copper film on semiconductor substrate bearing a thin resistive seed layer as part of interconnect formation in ULSI (Ultra large scale integrated) circuit fabrication.
- Semiconductor devices are manufactured or fabricated on semiconductor wafers using a number of different processing steps to create transistor and interconnection elements.
- the semiconductor wafer may undergo, for example, masking, etching, and deposition processes to form the semiconductor transistors and desired electronic circuitry to connect those transistor terminals.
- multiple masking, ion implantation, annealing, and plasma etching, and chemical and physical vapor deposition steps can be performed to form shallow trench, transistor well, gate, poly-silicon line, and interconnection line structures such as vias and trenches.
- conductive materials are deposited into these structures to electrically connect the transistors underneath. Excess conductive materials are then removed to transform the conductive structures into desired circuitry.
- conductive lines In forming conductive lines during ULSI (Ultra large scale integrated) circuit fabrication, electrochemical deposition of a metallic layer, usually copper, onto a substrate bearing a thin resistive seed layer is implemented. Such a deposition process can be used to fill via structures, trench structures, or combined structures of both. When these structures are filled, copper is continuously deposited to form a film covering the surface of the semiconductor wafer.
- a uniform final copper film is critical because the subsequent process step, commonly a planarization step (CMP), to remove the excess conductive copper requires a high degree of uniformity in order to achieve the equal electrical performance from device to device at the end of production line.
- CMP planarization step
- WFNU within film non-uniformity
- WFNU is the ratio of the standard deviation of film thickness over the mean film thickness
- a power source supplies electrical current or potential to a single working electrode and the wafer substrate bearing a seed layer.
- the wafer substrate, working electrode, power supply, and the electrolyte form an electrolytic cell.
- Current density across the thin resistive seed layer is non-uniform, higher at substrate periphery due to a phenomenon called "terminal effect".
- the terminal effect can be reduced by employing an electrolyte solution with relative lower acid content, as shown in FIGURES 3a-3d.
- low acid electrolyte alone fails to solve the non-uniform plating as a result of terminal effect.
- this non-uniformity can be improved by implementing a film with higher thickness, as shown in FIGURES 3c-3d; however, this will severely limit the productivity of the processing equipment and greatly increase the cost to remove the excessive materials in the subsequent planarization step.
- Patent, U.S. Patent 6,391 ,166 (January. 15, 1999) disclosed plating apparatus and methods that utilized an independent power control for a system of electrodes to overcome the non-uniform plating rate on semiconductor wafer with very thin seed layer.
- Patent US Patent 6755954 (June 29, 2004) disclosed an apparatus and a method for electroplating of copper film with relatively small thickness variation. It showed an example, to form a 0.6um (6OO ⁇ A) copper film with 394A thickness variation on 300mm wafer bearing a 4O ⁇ A thick seed layer.
- the present invention discloses methods applied to an electrochemical deposition apparatus with multiple electrodes and a system of electrical power controls.
- Such an apparatus is referred as "said apparatus" throughout the text and figures in this invention.
- An example of such an apparatus is described in earlier US. Patent No. 6391 166 and PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CN2007/071008.
- the disclosed methods apply to plating wafers bearing a seed layer with a thickness from 5 ⁇ A to 9O ⁇ A in a copper sulfate based electrolyte with conductivity ranging from 0.02 to 0.8 S/cm.
- the disclosed methods produced electrochemically plated copper film with a within film non-uniformity as small as 0.33% (a variation of 42 A) on 35 ⁇ A seed layer, several times less than what was disclosed in previous patents.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of said apparatus in the earlier invention on which present methods are practiced
- FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic view of part of a single-electrode plating apparatus.
- FIGS. 3a - 3d show deposition profiles from a single-electrode plating apparatus.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic view of part of a plating apparatus with two electrodes disclosed in earlier invention
- FIGS. 5a and 5b illustrate waveform diagrams applied to a two-electrode plating apparatus.
- FIGS. 6a and 6b show deposition profiles from a two-electrode apparatus
- FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic view of part of a plating apparatus with three electrodes disclosed in earlier invention
- FIGS. 8a and 8b illustrate waveform diagrams applied to a three-electrode plating apparatus.
- FIGS. 9a and 9b show deposition profiles from a three-electrode apparatus
- FIG. 10 illustrates a schematic view of part of a plating apparatus with four electrodes disclosed in earlier invention
- FIGS. 1 1a and 1 1 b illustrate waveform diagrams applied to a four-electrode plating apparatus.
- FIGS. 12a and 12b show deposition profiles from a four-electrode apparatus
- FIGS. 13 show deposition profiles from a ten-electrode apparatus
- FIGS. 14 show estimated deposition profiles.
- the present invention discloses methods applied to an electrochemical deposition apparatus with multiple electrodes and a system of electrical power controls.
- the disclosed methods apply to plating wafers bearing a seed layer with a thickness from 5 ⁇ A to 9O ⁇ A in a copper sulfate based electrolyte with conductivity ranging from 0.02 to 0.8 S/cm.
- the disclosed method is to be practiced on apparatus disclosed in US Patent No. 6391 166.
- the methods in present invention include the following steps: introducing a copper sulfate based electrolyte with a flow rate in the range of 1 to 20 LPM into said apparatus; transferring a semiconductor wafer to a semiconductor wafer holder with electrical conduction path to wafer; applying a small bias voltage to wafer; bringing wafer into electrolyte, and the front surface of the wafer being in full contact with the electrolyte; applying electrical current to each electrode; the power supplying connected to electrodes switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at desired times; applying current or potential at a relative small value on each of electrodes, preferably the combined current being from 2A to 10A, and the ratio of the current densities of between electrodes being from 0.5: 1 to 300:1 ; applying current or potential at a relative large value on each of electrodes, preferably the combined current being from 10A to 4OA, and the ratio of the current densities between electrodes being from 0.5:1 to 300:1 ; switching power supply to a small bias voltage mode and apply
- the current distribution on each electrode and the ratio of current densities between electrodes in steps 6 and 7 above vary in narrower ranges depending on the number of electrodes used and the conductivity of the electrolyte. In the following embodiments, these ranges are specified for an apparatus with a particular number of electrodes and a particular electrolyte conductivity.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising two electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.02-0.2S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising two electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.2-0.8S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising three electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.02-0.2S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising three electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.2-0.8S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising four electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.02-0.2S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising four electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.2-0.8S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising ten electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.02-0.2S/cm is disclosed.
- a method applied to said apparatus comprising ten electrodes with electrolyte conductivity of 0.2-0.8S/cm is disclosed.
- FIGs 3a - 3d are deposition profiles on the surface of a 300mm semiconductor wafer with said single electrode electroplating apparatus. More specifically, Figs 3a and 3b illustrate the deposition profiles of 3000A thick film on said semiconductor with seed layer thicknesses varying from 35 ⁇ A to 9O ⁇ A in low and high conductive electrolytes, respectively, while Fig 3c and 3d illustrate the deposition profiles with thicknesses varying from 3000A to 6OO ⁇ A on said semiconductor with 35 ⁇ A thick seed layer in low and high conductive electrolytes, respectively.
- WFNU values calculated from the thickness profiles in Figs 3a-3b are listed in Table 1.
- WFNU values increase as the thickness of seed layers decrease, indicating significant difficulty to deposit a uniform Cu film on the surface of semiconductor wafer when the seed layer is thin.
- a WFNU value of less than 2.5% can no longer be achieved by conventional electroplating with a single electrode. The situation becomes worse when the conductivity of electrolyte increases.
- the WFNU improves when the plating thickness increases, as illustrated in Fig 3c-3d.
- the corresponding values are listed in Table 2, and this effect is due to fact that the reduced the ohmic resistance of thicker film lessens the terminal effect during the deposition process.
- WFNU values are greater than 2.5% for plating thickness less than 5000A, and they are far greater than 2.5% in the embodiment of high conductivity electrolytes. Although increasing plating thickness further can improve WFNU, the high cost associated to remove these excessive plated Cu in the following CMP step in the IC process flow prohibits depositing a very thick film. Table 2
- thinner seed 35 ⁇ A
- plating thickness 3000A
- a method for uniform deposition of Cu film on the surface of semiconductor wafer practiced in the apparatus illustrated in FIG 4 is disclosed is an embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG 1 ; wherein the apparatus consists of the first electrode 401a and the second electrode 401 b which can be positioned at the same or different vertical height, the area of the first electrode is 50%-90% of the total area of all electrodes, and the ratio of the total area of all electrodes over the area of the semiconductor wafer is greater than 0.85.
- the method consists of the following set of steps:
- Step 1 open flow controllers 423a and 423b to control the flow rate in the working area for each electrode respectively; the flow rate in the working area of 401a is in the range 5 to 20 LPM and that of 401 b is in the range 1 to 15 LPM.
- the flow controllers 423a and 423b are turned on at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the flow controllers 423a and 423b are turned on at different times.
- Step 2 transfer the semiconductor wafer bearing a seed layer to the wafer holder 421 in the apparatus; the wafer holder has an electrical conducting passage that is in contact with the seed layer of the semiconductor wafer.
- Step 3 apply small bias voltage in the range of 0.01 to 10 V to said semiconductor wafer.
- Step 4 bring the semiconductor wafer, held by the wafer holder, into contact with the electrolyte, until the wafer front surface is fully immersed in the electrolyte.
- Step 5 apply currents to electrodes 401 a and 401 b and maintain a positive potential on electrode 401a and a positive or negative potential on electrode 401 b (The sign of the potential on each electrode is defined relatively to wafer through the text); the working current of electrode 401a is from 5 to 2OA, and that of electrode 401 b is from 0.01 to 10A. The ratio of the current densities on electrode 401a to that on electrode 201 b is from 1 : 1 to 300: 1. This step lasts for 5 to 30 seconds to fill the vias and trenches on the surface of semiconductor wafer 422.
- the power supplies connected to the electrodes 401 a and 401 b switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the power supplies connected to the electrodes 401a and 401 b switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at different times.
- Step 6 power supplies connected to electrodes 401a and 401 b control a positive potential on electrode 401 a and a positive or negative potential on electrode 401 b; the working current on electrode 401a is from 15 to 4OA, and that on electrode 401 b is from 0.01 to 2OA.
- the ratio of the current densities on electrode 401 a to that on electrode 401 b is from 1 :1 to 300: 1.
- This step increases the efficiency of the electrochemical deposition by applying relative large electrical currents on the electrodes 401 a and 401 b. This step terminates when a desired deposition thickness is achieved.
- Step 7 apply a small bias voltage on said semiconductor wafer.
- the electrodes 401a and 401 b are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the electrodes 401a and 401 b are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at different times.
- Step 8 bring the semiconductor wafer out of the electrolyte and spin off the residue electrolyte left on the wafer surface.
- the sign of potential on electrode 401 b is determined to be positive or negative based on the electrochemical deposition conditions. For example, if the conductivity of electrolyte is low and conductive layer on semiconductor wafer is thick, positive potential will be applied to both electrodes 401a and 401 b as illustrated in Fig 5a; if the conductivity of electrolyte is high and conductive layer on wafer is thin, a positive potential will be applied to electrode 401 a and a negative potential to electrode 401 b as illustrated in Fig 5b.
- Step 6 begins when the plated thickness of Cu film reaches 1500A.
- FIGS 6a and 6b show the deposition profiles of 3000A thick film deposited on 35 ⁇ A seed layer in low and high conductive electrolyte respectively; wherein the profiles of method 1 are obtained with the process parameters detailed in Table 3 and 4, while those of method 2 are obtained with the process parameters out of the range defined in Table 3 and 4.
- the WFNU values are listed in the Table 5.
- the disclosed method greatly improves WFNU of deposited 3000A films in both low and high conductive electrolyte.
- WFNU values of said profiles on the surface of a 300mm semiconductor wafer are obtained excluding 2.3mm from the edge, which is more aggressive compared to the common industry practice of excluding 3.0 to 6.5 mm from the edge of the wafer.
- Method 1 significantly improved WFNU, compared to conventional method (method 2) in both low and high conductivity electrolytes.
- a WFNU less than 2.5% is obtained.
- a method for uniform deposition of Cu film on the surface of semiconductor wafer practiced in the apparatus illustrated in FIG 7 is disclosed is an embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG 1 ; wherein the apparatus consists of the first electrode 701 a, the second electrode 701 b and the third electrode 701 c which can be positioned at the same or different vertical height, the area of the first electrode is 40%-60% of the total area of all electrodes, and the ratio of the total area of all electrodes over the area of the semiconductor wafer is greater than 0.85.
- the method consists of the following set of steps:
- Step 1 open flow controllers 723a, 723b and 723c to control the flow rate in the working area for each electrode respectively; the flow rate in the working area of 701a is in the range 5 to 20 LPM, that of 701 b is in the range 5 to 20 LPM, and that of 701c is 1 to 15 LPM.
- the flow controllers 723a, 723b and 723c are turned on at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the flow controllers 723a, 723b and 723c are turned on at different times.
- Step 2 transfer the semiconductor wafer bearing a seed layer to the wafer holder 721 in the apparatus; the wafer holder has an electrical conducting passage that is in contact with the seed layer of the semiconductor wafer.
- Step 3 apply small bias voltage in the range of 0.01 to 10V to said semiconductor wafer;
- Step 4 bring the semiconductor wafer, held by the wafer holder, into contact with the electrolyte, until the wafer front surface is fully immersed in the electrolyte;
- Step 5 apply currents to electrodes 701 a, 701 b and 701 c and maintain a positive potential on electrodes 701 a, 701 b and a positive or negative potential on electrode 701c; the working current of electrode 701a is from 2 to 2OA, that of electrode 701 b is from 0.01 to 2OA, and that of electrode 701c is from 0.01 to 2OA.
- the ratio of the current densities on electrode 701a to that on electrode 701 b is from 1 :1 to 50: 1 and ratio of the current densities on electrode 701 a to that on electrode 701c is from 1 :1 to 300: 1.
- This step lasts for 5 to 30 seconds to fill the vias and trenches on the surface of semiconductor wafer 722.
- the power supplies connected to the electrodes 701 a, 701 b and 701c switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the power supplied connected to the electrodes 701a, 701 b and 701c switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at different times.
- Step 6 power supplies connected to electrodes 701 a, 701 b and 701c control a positive potential on electrodes 701 a, 701 b and a positive or negative potential on electrode 701c; the working current on electrode 701 a is from 4 to 3OA, that on electrode 701 b is from 4 to 3OA and that of electrode 701 c is from 0.1 to 2OA.
- the ratio of the current densities on electrode 701a to that on electrode 701 b is from 1 :1 to 50: 1 and ratio of the current densities on electrode 701 a to that on electrode 701c is from 1 : 1 to 300:1.
- This step increases the efficiency of the electrochemical deposition by applying relative large electrical currents on the electrodes 701 a, 701 b and 701c. This step terminates when desired deposition thickness is achieved.
- Step 7 apply a small a bias voltage on said semiconductor wafer.
- the electrodes 701a, 701 b and 701c are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at the same time.
- the electrodes 701 a, 701 b and 701c are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at different times.
- Step 8 bring the semiconductor wafer out of the electrolyte and spin off the residue electrolyte left on the wafer surface.
- the sign of potential on electrode 701c is determined to be positive or negative based on the electrochemical deposition conditions. For example, if the conductivity of electrolyte is low and conductive layer on semiconductor wafer is thick, positive potentials will be applied to all electrodes 701a, 701 b and 701c as illustrated in Fig 8a; if the conductivity of electrolyte is high and conductive layer on wafer is thin, positive potentials will be applied to electrode 701a and 701 b, and a negative potential to electrode 701 c as illustrated in Fig 8b.
- Step 6 begins when the plated thickness of Cu film reaches 1500A.
- the detailed sets current density ratio and the signs of potential on individual electrode used in step 6 for plating uniform copper film on a 300mm semiconductor wafer bearing 150-2000A thick seed layer in electrolyte with conductivity from 0.02 to 0.2S/cm and conductivity from 0.2 to 0.8S/cm are listed in Table 7:
- FIGS 9a and 9b show the deposition profiles of 3000A thick film deposited on 35 ⁇ A seed layer in low and high conductive electrolyte respectively; wherein the profiles of method 1 are obtained with the process parameters detailed in Table 6 and 7, while those of method 2 are obtained with the process parameters out of the range defined in Table 6 and 7.
- the WFNU values are listed in the Table 8.
- the disclosed method greatly improves WFNU of deposited 3000A films in both low and high conductive electrolyte.
- WFNU values of said profiles on the surface of a 300mm semiconductor wafer are obtained excluding 2.3mm from the edge, which is more aggressive compared to the common industry practice of excluding 3.0 to 6.5mm from the edge of the wafer.
- Table 8
- Disclosed method significantly improved WFNU, compared to conventional method (method 2) in both low and high conductivity electrolytes.
- a WFNU less than 2.5% is obtained.
- a method for uniform deposition of Cu film on the surface of semiconductor wafer practiced in the apparatus illustrated in FIG 10 is disclosed is an embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG 1 ; wherein the apparatus consists of the first electrode 1001 a, the second electrode 1001 b, the third electrode 1001 c and the fourth electrode 1001 d which can be positioned at the same or different vertical height, the area of the first electrode is 30%-50% of the total area of all electrodes, and the ratio of the total area of all electrodes over the area of the semiconductor wafer is greater than 0.85.
- the method consists of the following set of steps:
- Step 1 open flow controllers 1023a, 1023b, 1023c and 1023d to control the flow rate in the working area for each electrode respectively; the flow rate in the working area of 1001 a, 1001 b and 1001c are in the range 5 to 20 LPM and that of 1001d is in the range 1 to 15 LPM.
- the flow controllers 1023a, 1023b, 1023b and 1023c are turned on at the same time. In another embodiment of the invention, the flow controllers 1023a, 1023b, 1023b and 1023c are turned on at different times.
- Step 2 transfer the semiconductor wafer bearing a seed layer to the wafer holder 1021 in the apparatus; the wafer holder has an electrical conducting passage that is in contact with the seed layer of the semiconductor wafer.
- Step 3 apply small bias voltage in the range of 0.01 to 10V to said semiconductor wafer;
- Step 4 bring the semiconductor wafer, held by the wafer holder, into contact with the electrolyte, until the wafer front surface is fully immersed in the electrolyte.
- Step 5 apply currents to electrodes 1001a, 1001 b and 1001 c and maintain a positive potential on electrodes 1001 a, 1001 b, 1001 c and a positive or negative potential on electrode 1001 d;
- the working current of electrode 1001 a is from 1 to 15 A, that of electrode 1001 b from 0.5 to 10A, and that of electrode 1001 c and 1001 d from 0.01 to 10A.
- the ratio of the current densities on electrode 1001a to that on electrode 1001 b is from 0.5: 1 to 10:1 , that of electrode 1001a to 1010c from 0.5: 1 to 50: 1 and that of 1001 a to 1001 d from 1 :1 to 300:1.
- This step lasts for 5 to 30 seconds to fill the vias and trenches on the surface of semiconductor wafer 1022.
- the power supplies connected to the electrodes 1001a, 1001 b, 1001 b and 1001c switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at the same time.
- the power supplies connected to the electrodes 1001a, 1001 b, 1001 b and 1001c switch from constant voltage mode to constant current mode at different times.
- Step 6 power supplies connected to electrodes 1001a, 1001 b and 1001c control a positive potential on electrodes 1001a, 1001 b, 1001c and a positive or negative potential on electrode 1001 d; the working current on electrode 1001 a is from 2 to 3OA, that on electrode 1001 b and 1001 c from 1 to 3OA, and that of electrode 1001d from 0.01 to 2OA.
- the ratio of the current densities on electrode 1001 a to that on electrode 1001 b is from 0.5:1 to 10: 1 , that of electrode 1001 a to 1010c from 0.5: 1 to 50:1 and that of 1001a to 1001 d from 1 : 1 to 300: 1.
- This step increases the efficiency of the electrochemical deposition by applying relative large electrical currents on the electrodes 1001 a, 1001 b, 1001c and 1001d. This step terminates when desired deposition thickness is achieved.
- Step 7 Apply a small bias voltage on said semiconductor wafer.
- the electrodes 1001a, 1001 b, 1001 b and 1001 c are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at the same time.
- the electrodes 1001a, 1001 b, 1001 b and 1001c are switched from constant current mode to constant voltage mode at different times.
- Step 8 bring the semiconductor wafer out of the electrolyte and spin off the residue electrolyte left on the wafer surface.
- the sign of potential on electrode 1001 d is determined to be positive or negative based on the electrochemical deposition conditions. For example, if the conductivity of electrolyte is low and conductive layer on semiconductor wafer is thick, positive potentials will be applied to all electrodes 1001 a, 1001 b, 1001 c and 1001 d as illustrated in Fig 1 1a; if the conductivity of electrolyte is high and conductive layer on wafer is thin, positive potentials will be applied to electrode 1001 a, 1001 b and 1001c, and a negative potential to electrode 1001d as illustrated in Fig 1 1 b.
- Step 6 begins when the plated thickness of Cu film reaches 1500A.
- the detailed sets current density ratio and the signs of potential on individual electrode used in step 6 for plating uniform copper film on a 300mm semiconductor wafer bearing 50-2000A thick seed layer in electrolyte with conductivity from 0.02 to 0.2S/cm and conductivity from 0.2 to 0.8S/cm are listed in Table 10:
- FIGS 12a and 12b show the deposition profiles of 3000A thick film deposited on 35 ⁇ A seed layer in low and high conductive electrolyte respectively; wherein the profiles of method 1 are obtained with the process parameters in Table 9 and 10, while those of method 2 are obtained with the process parameters out of the range defined in Table 9 and 10.
- the WFNU values are listed in the following Table 11. As shown in Figs 12a-12b and Table 1 1 , the disclosed method greatly improves WFNU of deposited 3000A films in both low and high conductive electrolyte. WFNU values of said profiles on the surface of a 300mm semiconductor wafer are obtained excluding 2.3mm from the edge, which is more aggressive compared to the common industry practice of excluding 3.0 to 6.5mm from the edge of the wafer.
- Disclosed method significantly improved WFNU, compared to conventional method (method 2) in both low and high conductivity electrolytes.
- a WFNU less than 2.5% is obtained.
- the plating apparatus consists of N electrodes, where N is between 5 and 15.
- FIGS 13 shows the deposition profiles of 3000A thick Cu film deposited on a 35 ⁇ A seed layer with said apparatus in electrolyte 1 with low conductivity and electrolyte 2 with high conductivity, respectively; wherein the apparatus of said embodiment comprises ten electrodes with independent control.
- WFNU values obtained using the method of present invention are well below 2.5%: 0.26% in electrolyte 1 and 0.59% in electrolyte 2, respectively.
- WFNU improves as the number of electrodes, N, increases with methods disclosed in the present invention.
- the methods when applied to an apparatus with more than one electrode, produces WFNU less than 2.5% on 300mm wafer with a seed layer as thin as 35 ⁇ A.
- N is increased to four, the WFNU improves to 0.33% on the same wafer and same seed layer.
- Fig 14 shows the deposition profile estimated with the method disclosed in the present invention, and the thickness uniformity range values are compared in Table 14:
- Thickness uniformity range in US 675594 Thickness uniformity range here 240A 138.4A
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