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US7972485B2 - Methods and apparatus for electromechanically and/or electrochemically-mechanically removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate - Google Patents
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/616,683 filed Dec. 27, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,618,528, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/230,970 filed Aug. 29, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,220,166, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/230,970 is a continuation-in-part of the following U.S. Patent Applications, all of which are incorporated herein by reference: Ser. No. 09/651,779, filed Aug. 30, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,074,113, Ser. No. 09/888,084, filed Jun. 21, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,112,121, Ser. No. 09/887,767, filed Jun. 21, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,094,131, and Ser. No. 09/888,002, filed Jun. 21, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,160,176. This application is also related to the following U.S. Patent Applications, filed Aug. 29, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference: Ser. No. 10/230,972, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,134,934; Ser. No. 10/230,973, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,153,195; Ser. No. 10/230,463, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,192,335; and Ser. No. 10/230,628, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,078,308.
In one aspect of this embodiment, the first electrolyte vessels 330 a include a flow restrictor 322, such as a permeable isolation membrane formed from Teflon™, sintered materials such as sintered glass, quartz or sapphire, or other suitable porous materials that allow ions to pass back and forth between the first electrolyte vessels 330 a and the second electrolyte vessel 330 b, but do not allow the second electrolyte 330 b to pass inwardly toward the electrodes 320 (for example, in a manner generally similar to a salt bridge).
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