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Time is running out for Rhine in this conclusion to the "New York Times "bestselling Chemical Garden Trilogy.With the clock ticking until the virus takes its toll, Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughn's worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed. She takes refuge in his dilapidated house, though the people she left behind refuse to stay in the past. While Gabriel haunts Rhine's memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhine's side, even if Linden's feelings are still caught between them. Meanwhile, Rowan's growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future--and about the past her parents never had the chance to explain. In this breathtaking conclusion to Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden trilogy, everything Rhine knows to be true will be irrevocably shattered.
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It is always bittersweet finishing a series. There is this feeling of depression that you won't be with the characters you've came to love, rooted for, and swooned over. There is also, at least for me, a feeling of accomplishment and closure (provided that the author delivers.) And Lauren definitely delivered in Sever.
I got caught right back up into Rhine's world. Cecily is grown so much, and it was quite a journey in Sever to see her develop so much more. She is such a unique type of character, and I can't really describe how reading about her has effected me. She has some heartbreaking scenes in this one, and I didn't know how I would handle it.
Linden is as sweet and generous as ever, if still blinded to what is around him, but luckily the women around him and Reed, his uncle who I adored by the way, help to make him see the world and his father the way it really is.
I love Reed's inventive and curious nature, as well as appreciating him offering his house and protection. The conversations he had with Rhine were great, and I loved his teasing nature. I wasn't expecting him as a character, but he turned out to be great.
Rhine's search for her brother, and figure out the truth or not about what he is saying. She wants to show Rowan that she is alive, and also get some of the answers that he seems to hold about her past, and hopefully the hope that they cling to for their future.
I flew through this and did not want to put it down to eat or sleep, and did so only reluctantly. The characters are beautifully written and captivating. Rhine's emotions and motivations are easy to relate to. I still had a hard time with her pushing Linden away, but I knew that she had to find Gabriel. So, in essence for most of the book, you know until THAT thing happened, I was still torn over who she should be with,and who I would pick for myself. Linden is a hard one to choose though because of the sharing and sister wives deal.
The ending floored me, it was things that I wasn't expecting, hoped against hope wouldn't happen, but there was also hope and good things that happened. I know that it is a good and fitting ending, but I am still kinda in shock over the events, and dealing with some loss.
I can't believe that I have to say goodbye to these characters.
Bottom Line: Bittersweet conclusion to an amazing trilogy.


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Human Resource Management Contents in Brief • Part One: HR Resources Management in Perspective – Development of HR Management: Challenges – EEO and Affirmative Action: The Environment • Part Two: Meeting HR Requirements – Job Requirements – HR Planning and Recruitment – Selection Contents in Brief • Part Three: Developing Effectiveness in HR – Training – Career Development – Appraising and Improving Performance • Part Four: Implementing Compensation and Security – Managing Compensation – Incentive Compensation – Employee Benefits – Safety and Health Contents in Brief • Part Five: Enhancing Employee Relations – Employee Rights and Discipline – Labor Relations – Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration • Part Six: International HR Management and HR Audits – International HR Management – Creating High Performance Systems Why are you studying HRM? HRM CAREER ASPIRANT NEED AS A MANAGER OF PEOPLE Job Organization Decision Successful Staffing Organization Motivating Evaluating People Talent UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WORK RELATIONSHIPS LEARN THE CONTENT UNDER WHICH PEOPLE PERFORM Core Competencies • Integrated knowledge sets within an organization that distinguish it from its competitors and deliver value to customers. Human Resource Management Human Resource Management: Contribute to Organizational Goals Personnel: Record Keeping Management Oriented Personnel Management vs. Human Resource Management PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT • Coordinates functions of • Coordinates personnel the personnel program management with • Involves a functional organization planning approach • Involves a system • Emphasizes behavior approach and interpersonal • Emphasizes relations environments and issues • Success judged by • Success judged by results achieved contributions to cost through functions of the reductions and profit personnel program growth or service objectives Early Development (Pre-1920's) • Factory System: Industrial Revolution • Mass Production • Scientific Management • Efficiency • Workers Pressed – Labor Union Strife Later Developments (Post-1920's) • The Human Relations Movement • Emergency Relations Movement • Government Regulations • Technology Revolution Foundations of Human Resources Management SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT HUMAN RELATIONS BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Is an extension of human Provides a basis for: Focuses attention upon: relations that: • Determining the best work - individual differences - involves an inter- methods in order to: among employees disciplinary approach - improve efficiency - interpersonal relations at - views the organization - place right employee in work as a dynamic system the right job - informal group behavior - is concerned with the - teach employees the - employee attitudes and total organizational right methods opinions climate - leadership techniques - is oriented toward both - communication practices economic and humanistic • Establishing time objectives standards in order to: - retains concern for - appraise performance employee participation, - eliminate unsatisfactory group behavior, and performance interpersonal relations - reward superior performance Overall Framework for HR Current Focus HUMAN COMPETITIVE RESOURCES EMPLOYEE CHALLENGES MANAGEMENT CONCERNS • Globalization • Planning • Diversity • Technology • Staffing • Age distribution • Managing change • Job Design • Gender issues • Intellectual capital • Training • Education levels • Market response • Appraisal • Employee rights • Cost containment • Compensation • Privacy issues • Work Attitudes • Work and family Functional Specialization Still Essential to Achieve Organizational Goods • Staffing/Planning • Broader Job Design • Recruitment • Selection • Training Staff • Development • Performance Management • Compensation Management/Incentive • Labor Relations/Global Teamwork Competencies of HR Professionals MANAGING BUSINESS CHANGE HUMAN CAPABILITIES PROCESSES RESOURCES Financial, Diagnosis, Staffing, Strategic, Influence, Development, Technological Contracting, Appraisal, Intervention, Rewards, Problem Organizational Solving, Planning Relationships, Communication Communication Professionalization of Human Resource Management Development of Professional Organizations 1. Code of Ethics 2. Literature and Research 3. Body of Knowledge/University Level Courses Professional Associations Professional Characteristics of Human Resources Management 1. Experimentation and research is encouraged. 2. Organized body of information and knowledge has been accumulated. 3. The exchange of information is promoted through professional meetings and publications. 4. Adherence to an established code of ethics is prescribed. 5. University curriculums for developing practitioners have been created. 6. A program for accrediting practitioners has been established. Code of Ethics As a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, I pledge myself to: Maintain the highest standards of professional and personal conduct. Strive for personal growth in the field of human resource management. Support the society's goals and objectives for developing the human resource management profession. Encourage my employer to make the fair and equitable treatment of all employees a primary concern Strive to make my employer profitable both in monetary terms and through the support and encouragement of effective employment practices. Instill in the employees and the public a sense of confidence about the conduct and intentions of my employer. Maintain loyalty to my employer and pursue its objectives in ways that are consistent with the public interest. Uphold all laws and regulations relating to my employer's activities. Refrain from using my official positions, either regular or volunteer, to secure special privilege, gain or benefit for myself. Maintain the confidentiality of privileged information. Improve public understanding of the role of human resource management. Human Resource Management • Goals/Mission Statements/Visions • Policies • Procedures/Practice I.U. Human Resources Corporate Mission Statements • NCR Shared Values • Walmart Value Statement • J&J Credo • Marathon Statement of Principles Objectives Where are we going? • Essential for Planning Purpose • Rapid Decisions • Consistent Decisions/Reliable • Control of Process • Feedback and Re-evaluation Policies • Need • Formulation by Management and Workforce Teams • Written in clear terms; No misunderstandings • Communication/Dissemination – How? IU Staff Policy Manual Sample HR Policy Statement Subject: Overtime Hours and Pay Purpose: To ensure equitable payment of overtime compensation to eligible employees in accordance with all applicable provisions of federal and state law. Guidelines: • The company's workweek runs from Monday through Sunday, with normal operating hours scheduled from 8 a.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Friday. The normal daily work schedule for employees consists of an eight-hour day within a 24-hour period. The normal weekly schedule consists of a 40-hour week. Employees are entitled to a daily one-hour unpaid lunch period, and to two 15-minute paid break periods each day. Sample HR Policy Statement CONTINUED . . . • Business demands or production deadlines occasionally may require some employees to work overtime, which means more than eight hours in a 24-hour day or more than 40 hours in a week. Supervisors will try to inform employees well in advance of any overtime requirement. Employees may not work more than their scheduled daily or weekly hours without written authorization from their supervisor. In assigning overtime, supervisors will seek to distribute extra hours equitably among employees who have the required skills and abilities to perform the necessary work. • All employees considered "nonexempt" under the Fair Labor Standards Act will be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2 times their regular rate of pay) for all hours worked in excess of 40 in one week. Scheduled holidays, vacation days, and time off for jury duty will be considered hours worked for purposes of calculating overtime. Unscheduled absences or time off for sickness, emergencies, or other personal reasons will not be considered hours worked for overtime purposes. Sample HR Policy Statement CONTINUED . . . • Nonexempt employees who work on company-recognized holidays will be paid their regular rate for the extra hours worked, in addition to their regular holiday pay. However, no "pyramiding" of paid holiday work time, treating it as hours worked for weekly overtime computation purposes is allowed. • Employees considered "exempt" under the Fair Labor Standards Act will be compensated for abnormal amounts of extra time worked. Exempt employees will be paid their straight-time rate for all extra authorized hours worked in excess of 46 in a week. • Compensatory time off is not available to any employee--exempt or nonexempt--for work in excess of regularly scheduled hours. • Nonexempt employees must record their daily work hours either on time clocks in their department or time cards supplied by their supervisor. Occasional minor differences--five minutes or less--between a nonexempt worker's scheduled time and recorded work-time will be ignored. Exempt employees must complete and turn in to their supervisor a weekly report indicating how many hours they spent on exempt work an how many, if any, on nonexempt work. • Employees who falsify their own or another worker's time record will be subject to severe penalties, up to and including dismissal. Procedures • Implement Policies • Chronological Steps • Periodic Review • Modify as Needed IU Staff Handbook for Professional Staff Human Resources Management: Goals, Policies, and Procedures Policies Procedures Org. goals Actions to (guidelines) (steps) for Results to be achieve Org. goals governing taking achieved achieved goals action actions Possible action for Modification Modification adjustment if needed if needed needed Review of Review of policies procedures Audit results against organizational goals Human Resource Management Information System What are the Talent/Abilities of the Workforce? • Accurate Data • Computer Requirement • Inventories of Talents (KSAs) – Knowledge – Skills – Abilities • KSA: Education and Work Experience Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) • Computerized system that provides current and accurate data for purposes of control and decision making. Human Resource Management Budget • Support for Managers • Maintain Policies and Communication Vehicles • Financial Plan/HR Budgets • HRIS • Processes and Flows • Surveys and Studies • Support Staff Organization of Human Resources Department Human Resources Manager Human Employment Employee Compensation Labor Development Relations Resources Division Division Division Division Planning Recruitment Job Analysis Division Interviewing Training Program Collective Forecasting Operators Job Evaluation Testing Supervisors Work Standards Bargaining Personnel Placement Apprentices Wage Surveys Legal Inventories Orientation Employee Grievance Planning Reassignments Training Classification Suggestion Models Terminations Instructors Plans Records Bargaining Resource Facilities Materials Associations Information Career Paths Employee Safety Medical Personnel Research Benefits Division Equal Division Division Division Opportunity Safety Records and Reports Employer Examinations Statistical Analysis Pensions Campaigns First Aid Profit Engineering Manuals Medical Systems and Procedures Sharing Affirmative Inspections Facilities Savings Action Planning Education Policies Health Program Personnel Audits Insurance Records Treatment and Opinion surveys Cafeteria Discrimination Accident Services Publications Complaints Investigation Recreation Counseling and Records Counseling Liaison Awards Parking Miscellaneous Qualifications for a Career in HRM Academic Training Courses Extracurricular • General education (behavioral Activities sciences, English, communications, psychology, mathematics, and • Professional business courses including organizations accounting, marketing, and others) • Publications staffs • Human resources management • Student Personnel • Supervision Association • Labor relations • Leadership roles • Organizational behavior in organizations • Personnel and organizational psychology • Sociology • Law • Electronic data processing • Statistics • Economics • Industrial engineering Qualifications for a Career in HRM Personal Qualifications Desirable • Integrity Employment • Determination Experiences • Competency • Experience at the • Dependability operating level • Fair-mindedness • Experience in positions • Good mental health of leadership • A sense of humor • Ability to tolerate frustration • A flexible approach to problems • Ability to communicate effectively • Patience • Objectivity towards others • Cooperative and understanding attitude SHRM: HR Jobs • Ability to listen effectively SHRM: HR News Online • Human Relations skills Occupational Outlook Handbook Organizational Objectives HR Objectives Processes of Mgmt Planning Organizing Staffing Directing HR Controlling HR Budgets Policies HR Functions Performed Job Analysis Recruitment Selection Development Performance Appraisal Compensation Labor Relations HR Procedures Responsibilities of Human Resource Department • In-house Consultant • Structure of Department • Jobs in Human Resources Management Line vs. Staff Authority Line Authority Staff Authority (Production Manager) (HR Manager) Superior through delegation Knowledge, information Derived from: and expertise in Directives, regulations, functional area assignments, etc. Coordinate and control Exercise discretion performance of a function Includes right to: Give orders and direction Provide consultation Take disciplinary action and service in functional areas Other members of the Subordinates in line of organization in the Exercised over: authority (Chain of performance of a Command) particular function Human Capital • The knowledge, skills, and abilities of individuals that have economic value to an organization. HRM AS A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS MODEL The Competition Edge: Comes from HR • Value of Talent • Rare Talent (hire, train, motivate best) • Not Easy to Duplicate (Teams/Individuals) • Organized Workforce COMPETITIVE CHALLENGES CHANGE PROFESSION What are the "Competitive Challenges?" • Globalization • Technology • Change • Human Capital • Market Forces • Worldwide Demographics • Workforce Partnerships GLOBILIZATION IMPACT Differences/Issues • Geographies • Cultures • Laws • Business Practices • Rewards TECHNOLOGY IMPACT • Labor vs. Knowledge • Education Levels • Systems – HRIS - ERP – Database - E-Commerce • Websites for Info "Changes the Enterprise Work Processes" HRM WEBSITES • Cornell School of Industrial & Labor Relations • Society of HRM • TCM Training & Development • U.S. Dept. of Labor • BPO Home Page IMPACT OF CHANGE • No Status Quo • Always on Cutting Edge • Staff Talents Must Adjust • Very High People Resistance • Creates Stress/Pressure/Adoption IMPACT ON HUMAN CAPITAL (Not just Financial Capital) • Competition Through People • Balance Sheet Item? • People Investment – High Rewards for Performance – Use Talents Wisely – Enhance Talents – Organize Skill Sets Impact on Global Competitive Marketplaces • Talent is Global • Quality Products are Essential • Business Process Management creates Competitiveness • Cost constantly Removed • Speed to Market is Essential IMPACT FROM ENHANCING GLOBAL COST CONTROL • Creates Downsizing • Creates Mergers/Acquisitions • Creates Reorganization for Efficiency • Forces Outsourcing • Encourages Temporary Workforce – Temporary Workers – Contract Employees/Leasing GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES • Diversity • Age Distribution • Gender Distribution • Rising Levels of Education • Employee Rights – Legal • Employee Privacy • Attitudes Toward Work • Balancing Life Goals with Work Goods Hot Links to HRM Articles: HRM Trends Alternative Work Schedules Free Agents
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One year ago yesterday, President Obama certified the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," setting open service in motion for lesbian, gay and bisexual troops. Sixty days later, on September 22, 2011, the 17-year-old policy was officially relegated to the dustbin of history.
HRC members and supporters played a critical role in launching this new chapter for our nation's military. Over 625,000 emails and nearly 50,000 handwritten messages were sent to Congress, urging members to support repeal. We took our message across the country, lobbying elected officials and engaging with the 20,000 veterans HRC mobilized to speak out in favor of repeal.
It was a milestone that couldn't have been achieved without your help, the leadership of President Obama and the steadfast support of our allies in Congress. And while there is still much work to be done, we look back with pride at last year's historic step forward.
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UPS was caught by surprise during last year's holiday season by a big increase in online shopping and a crush of last-minute orders by shoppers who jumped on offers of free shipping. The company hired extra workers to handle the rush, but some gifts still arrived late.
Reflecting the boost to spending, UPS lowered its full-year outlook for adjusted earnings to $4.90 to $5 a share. It previously expected to earn around $5.05 a share. UPS also reported quarterly earnings that fell short of Wall Street estimates, although revenue was greater than expected.
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United States Patent Blachman [451 Dec. 24, 1974 MULTI-LAYER CONTROL OR STRESS IN THIN FILMS [75] Inventor: Arthur Gilbert Blachman, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
[73] Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY.
22 Filed: May 15, 1973 21 Appl. No.: 360,693
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Blachman, Stress and Resistivity Control in Sputtered Molybdenum Films and Comparison with Sputtered Gold, Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 2, March 1971, pp. 699-709.
Primary Examiner lohn H. Mack Assistant Examiner-Wayne A. Langel Attorney, Agent, or FirmGeorge Baron [5 7] ABSTRACT Planar metallic thin film technology requires the deposition of low resistivity metal paths on small chips of insulated or semiconductor material.
Metal, i.e., molybdenum, when sputtered directly onto a substrate to which controlled dc. voltage was applied, could be laid down with low stress, but relatively high resistivity. Low resistivity, as well as low stress, are achievable by using a first layer of molybdenum as a control layer and then sputtering a second layer of molybdenum, at a different dc. voltage bias and/or thickness than the first layer, to obtain a thin film having low resistivity as well as low stress.
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RESISTIVITY ML- c 0 -100 -150 200 V8 (volrs) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the sputtering of suitable thin metallic films onto an insulated substrate for the purpose of manufacturing microelectronic circuitry, it is necessary to obtain films of the proper resistivity and low stress. Highly stressed films tend to peel, crack, craze or otherwise become detached from their substrates so that units of microcircuitry have to be discarded very often soon after they are put into operation. Additionally, many thin metal films of the order of 3,000A or less, when deposited in a highly stressed condition, tend to grow fine crystals, or hillocks, in either direction of the films, such hillocks tending to puncture any insulation films covering said metal films, and thus interfere with the operation of a device or structure employing the metal films. Furthermore, it has also been observed that minimum resistance in metal films, e.g., nichrome films, could be obtained by controlling the dc. bias voltage on a substrate during a sputtering process. Such nichrome films had not only minimum resistance, when so deposited, but also minimum stress.
When attempts were made to obtain low resistance, low stress single films of molybdenum by the same technique employed for nichrome films, it was found that low stress films could only be achieved at the expense of higher than minimum resistance. However, as this invention will teach, by using a first thin layer of molybdenum as a control layer, a second layer of molybdenum can be deposited at a different substrate volt age bias and/or different thicknesses so that low resistance films. as well as low stressed films, are obtained. or the stress can be controlled to have a desired value between a wide range of values.
A discussion treating ,of the net stress to be expected in a multilayer film structure is found in an article entitled Stresses Developed in Optical Film Coatings by A. E. Ennos, Applied Physics, January 1966, Volume 5, Number 1, pages 1-6 I. Another treatment of stress and resistivity control of single metal films is set forth in an article entitled Stress and Resistivity Control in Sputtered Molybdenum Films and Comparison with sputtered Gold" by A. G. Blachman which appeared in the March 1971 issue ofMetallurgical Transactions," Volume 2, pages 699-709.
in none of the above noted publications is there a teaching of how one can achieve a sputtered layer of molybdenum, having minimum resistance and minimum stress, by depositing a first layer of molybdenum at a given substrate bias and then using the first layer as a substrate for a second layer to be sputtered thereon so as to obtain a minimum resistance. low stressed multi-layer of molybdenum.
Consequently. it is an object of this invention to achieve minimum stressed. minimum resistivity molybdenum films.
It is yet another object to deposit multi-layered films during a single vacuum pump down so as to achieve minimum resistivity, mimimum stressed films.
It is a further object to use a first deposited metal film as a control layer for a second metal film so as to achieve minimum resistivity and/or a desired stress in the multi-layer structure. where the net stress is not that predictable by the prior art.
DESCRIPTION or THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a crosssectional view of a sputtering system employed in depositing the multi-layered films of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the multi-layered structure obtained by a sputtering process using the apparatus of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a plot of stress vs sputtering bias for a single I,0OOA Mo film.
FIG. 4 is a plot of stress in the multi-layer film versus the dc. bias used in depositing the film 10. of FIG. 2 in the sputtering system of FIG. 1, where (A) is empirically determined and (B) represents expectation of prior art.
FIG. 5 is a plot of resistivity in the multi-layer film versus d.c. bias applied in depositing the film 10 of FIG. 2 in the sputtering system of FIG. 1.
The desired multiple layered thin film is manufactured by using the dual cathode sputtering apparatus of FIG. I, which structure is shown and described in greater detail in US. Pat. No. 3,400,066 to Caswell, et al., which issued on Sept. 3, I968. The apparatus comprises a sputtering chamber 1 including a cylinder member 3 supported within appropriate recesses contained in lower and upper plates 5 and 7, respectively. Cylinder member 3 and plates 5 and 7, when joined, define a high vacuum chamber capable of maintaining pressures as low as the order of 10 torr. Cylindrical member 3 as well as plate members 5 and 7 are formed of metallic material and are maintained at ground potential to serve as an anode during the deposition process.
A first target structure 9 is supported from upper plate member 7 and within shield member 13 by a conductive post 15. A second target structure 11 is supported from lower plate member 5, and within a shield member 13 by a conductive post 15. Posts 15 and 15' extend through vacuum seals in upper and lower members 7 and 5, respectively, and the respective planar surfaces of targets 9 and 11 are registered and lie in parallel planes. Such targets 9 and '11 are connected to respective high voltage souce 7 and 17 of the order of -1,000 to -5,000 volts, along dropping resistors 19 and 19 and leads 21 and 21' connected at posts 15 and 15. As described in greater detail in said US. Pat. No. 3,400,066, precision resistors 19 and 19 are used to monitor ion charge current I to targets 9 and 11, respectively, for control of thickness it during the sputtering process.
Rotatable octangular structure 23, formed of conductive material, is positioned intermediate targets 9 and 11, the particular surfaces thereof being adapted to support and electrically contact substrate 25 upon which a plurality of molybdenum films are to be deposited. Substrates 25 are supported, in turn, adjacent targets 9 and I1 and spaced to support a glow discharge therebetween. One surface 27 of structure 23 does not support a substrate. but is used during presputtering of targets 9 and 11 to remove surface contaminants, e.g., oxidized layers. and establish system equilibrium prior to actual deposition. The surface of substrates not positioned adjacent targets 9 and 11 are protected by annular shutter elements 29 and 29' formed of conductive material. The interior edges of shutter elements 29 and 29' are received within recesses cut in the apexes of structure. Exterior edges of shutter elements 29 and 29 are closely spaced with respect to the interior surface of cylindrical member 3 to define distinct sputtering chambers. Shutter elements 29 and 29' are connected along their respective leads 31 and 31' which extend through vacuum seals in cylindrical member 3 to negative voltage sources 33 and 33 utilized for substrate biasing. When shutter elements 29 and 29' contact structure 23, substrates 25 are biased at a value of approximately to 200\ During sputtering, only substrates 25, positioned adjacent targets 9 and 11, are exposed to sputtered target materials, whereas remaining substrates 25 are protected. Shutter elements 29 and 29 are movable in a vertical direction, as indicated by the arrows, to allow rotation of structure 23 about shaft 35 and successive positioning of other substrates 25 adjacent target 9 and 11, respectively.
The interior of chamber 1 is connected along valved duct 37 to a high-efficiency vacuum pump system, not shown, capable of reducing pressure therein, for example, to the range of 10 torr. Also, the interior of chamber 1 is connected to a source of sputtering gas, e.g., argon (Ar), along valved duct 39. It is evident that sources of other nonactive gases are provided if the respective partial pressures of such gases within chamber 1 are also to be controlled.
In using the sputtering chamber of FIG. I, a single conducting molybdenum (Mo) film was sputtered onto an oxidized silicon substrate wherein the film had a thickness of 3,000-6,000A. A d.c. sputtering bias of approximately l 10 to l 15 volts was placed on the substrate 25 in order to obtain a Mo film having minimum resistivity, but the latter was deposited under an undesired compressive stress of (2-4) X 10 dyne/cm By employing the system of FIG. I to fabricate the two-layered structure of FIG. 2, a multi-layered film is built up wherein the lower molybdenum thin film 10 is deposited on an oxidized silicon substrate s, followed by a thicker MO film 12. Thin film 10 is deposited, using a bias voltage on substrate s that gives a controllable stress to the composite structure comprising films 10 and 12 whereas the top thicker film 12 is deposited at a substrate bias corresponding to minimum resistivity.
FIG. 3 shows the measured variation of total stress with applied dc. bias to a substrate 5 of oxidized silicon for a single LOOOA thick Mo film deposited on that substrate held at 120C during deposition. As seen in FIG. 3, minimum stress occurs at about a substrate voltage bias, V of l00 volts. Such initial film 10 forms a stress-controlling layer for the minimum resistivity film 12 deposited thereon.
A number of multiple films were constructed in the following manner. A first thin Mo layer 10, of the order of 1,000A or less, was deposited at a given bias V after which a second thicker Mo layer 12 was deposited at a fixed substrate bias of-l l0 volts. Subsequent multiple layers were deposited wherein different substrate biases V V V etc. were used to obtain thin Mo layer 10, but the top layer I2 was always deposited using the same fixed bias of l 10 volts that corresponds to minimum resistivity for the thicker film l2.
Curve A of FIG. 4 is a plot of the measured total stress for the multi-layer structure of FIG. 2, wherein layer I0 is a [,OOOA thick Mo film deposited at the substrate bias V indicated along the abscissa and layer 12 is a 6,000A thick Mo film that was deposited over layer 10 without breaking vacuum, at a voltage bias of l l0 volts. The top layer 12 is sufficiently thicker than the bottom layer 10 so as to be controlling of the final resistivity of the multi-layer structure.
FIG. 5 shows the resistivity of the composite multilayer of FIG. 2 plotted against the bias applied in depositing control layer 10. Comparision of FIG. 5 with curve A of FIG. 4 shows that the zero stress condition at V (l15) volts corresponds to the minimum resistivity for the multi-layered structure.
The total measured stress plotted in FIG. 4 is the sum of the thermal expansion mismatch stress a, and the intrinsic stress 0-,. 0', depends on the difference between the temperature at which the film is deposited (here C) and that at which the total stress is meaured, i.e., at which the film is used (here room temperature). The intrinsic stress 0',- is dependent on the conditions of film deposition (including bias) and is presumably related to the film nucleation and growth process. The multi-layer intrinsic stress predicted by theory and expected for refractory films such as M0 in the configuration of FIG. 2 would be given by where a and 0, are the intrinsic stresses developed individually in the 1st and 2nd layers 10 and 12, respectively, with t, and t the respective layer thicknesses. Adding the thermal stress a", to the 0', determined from Eq. 1 results in curve B of FIG. 4, showing that the bias condition expected, prior to this invention, for 0,,,,,,, 0', 0', O differs significantly from that empirically determined [curve A] and would not yield a multi-layer film of minimum resistivity.
Since the lower thin layer 10 determines the ultimate stress characteristic of the combined film and the upper thicker layer 12 the ultimate resistivity of the combined layer, one can use the teachings of this invention to fabricate composite layers of different materials, particularly using for the lower stress-controlling layer the higher melting point materials, such as tungsten, niobium, iron, nickel or molybdenum. Thus the lower layer 10 would beone of the above noted metals and the upper layer 12 would be the same or different metal, and a number of multi-layers of these metals would be deposited wherein the applied bias for the first thin layer would be varied from multi-layer to multi-layer, but the second thicker layer of each separate multi-layer would be held constant.
A curve (curve A) for such combination of metals is shown in FIG. 4 and would be empirically drawn (as shown here for the case of Mo on M0) so that the total stress of the multi-layer structure is determined for different biases V on the first layer 10 during its deposition. Not only does curve A show that one can make a multi-layered structure achieving minimum resistivity, but a total stress can be made to be zero (by choosing a V of l 15 volts), or can be made either tensile or compressive by suitable choice of the substrate bias employed in depositing underlayer 10.
What is claimed is:
1. In a method for achieving a minimum resistivity, minimum stressed conducting thin film comprising the steps of sputter depositing a thin layer of a refractory metal on a substrate at a first voltage bias on said substrate, said voltage being selected to produce a multi-layer of minimum stress, and then sputter depositing a thicker layer of another refractory metal over said first layer at a second voltage bias on said substrate different from said first voltage bias and corresponding to that bias voltage which produces a multi-layer of minimum resistivity.
2. In a method for achieving a minimum resistivity, minimum stressed conducting thin film comprising the steps of sputter depositing a thin layer of molybdenum on a substrate at a first voltage bias on said substrate, said voltage bias being selected to produce a multilayer of minimum stress, and
sputter depositing a thicker layer of molybdenum over said first layer at a second voltage bias on said substrate different from said first bias and corresponding to that bias voltage which produces a milti-layer of minimum resistivity.
3. In the method of claim 2 wherein said thin layer of molybdenum is about l,OA and said first bias voltage is approximately -l l5 volts.
4. In a method for achieving minimum resistivity and controlled stress in a conducting thin film comprising the steps of sputter depositing a thin layer of molybdenum on a substrate at a first voltage bias on said substrate, sputter depositing a thicker layer of molybdenum on said thin layer at a second voltage bias, different from said first voltage bias, that corresponds to a minimum resistivity in said second layer for the conditions of deposition of said first layer said conditions being maintained during the deposition of said first layer so that more negative substrate biases than l 15 volts will create compression in the combined multi-layer of molybdenum, and substrate biases more positive than *1 15 volts will create tension in said combined multi-layer of molybdenum.
5. [n the method of claim 4 wherein said first layer contacting said substrate is approximately LOOOA and said second layer atop of said first. layer is sufficiently thicker than said first layer so as to govern the ultimate resistivity of the combined layers.
6. In the method of claim 5 wherein said second layer atop of said first layer is Z 6,000A.
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