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Electromigration Reliability Simulator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. Niehof ,
D. C. L. van Geest  and
J. F. Verwey
J. Niehof
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of TwenteP.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
D. C. L. van Geest
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of TwenteP.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
J. F. Verwey
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of TwenteP.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
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Abstract

In our development of a reliability circuit simulator, capable of indicating the most vulnerable spots for failure caused by electromigration, we use two levels: circuit and physical level. On circuit level a new approach towards reliability called the stressor/susceptibility method is used. On physical level 2D electromi.ration simulations can be performed on metallization structures. The atomic redistribution and the consequent resistance change due to electromigration can be calculated.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 265: Symposium H – Materials Reliability in Microelectronics II , 1992 , 51
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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