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Observation of Joule Heating-Assisted Electromigration Failure Mechanisms for Dual Damascene Cu/SiO₂ Interconnects

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dc.creator Chang, Choon Wai
dc.creator Gan, C.L.
dc.creator Thompson, Carl V.
dc.creator Pey, Kin Leong
dc.creator Choi, Wee Kiong
dc.date 2003-11-24T21:03:56Z
dc.date 2003-11-24T21:03:56Z
dc.date 2003-01
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:32:13Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:32:13Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3727
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description Failure mechanisms observed in electromigration (EM) stressed dual damascene Cu/SiO₂ interconnects trees were studied and simulated. Failure sites with â melt patch’ or â crater’ are common for test structures in the top metal layer, though the occurrence of such failure modes probably depends on the passivation layer thickness. Interconnects that were EM stressed for a short time and then stressed with increasing current to induce Joule heating in the line had similar failure sites to lines that were stressed to failure under standard EM conditions. This shows that some failure mechanisms during EM could be assisted by Joule heating effect.
dc.description Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)
dc.format 1016196 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en_US
dc.relation Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems (AMMNS);
dc.subject electromigration
dc.subject Joule heating
dc.subject failure mechanism
dc.title Observation of Joule Heating-Assisted Electromigration Failure Mechanisms for Dual Damascene Cu/SiO₂ Interconnects
dc.type Article


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