The impact of electromigration in copper interconnects on power grid integrity

V Mishra, SS Sapatnekar - Proceedings of the 50th Annual Design …, 2013‏ - dl.acm.org
Electromigration (EM), a growing problem in on-chip interconnects, can cause wire
resistances in a circuit to increase under stress, to the point of creating open circuits …

Probabilistic wire resistance degradation due to electromigration in power grids

V Mishra, SS Sapatnekar - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromigration (EM) is a growing concern in on-chip interconnects, particularly in the
computing and automotive domains. EM can cause wire resistances in a circuit to increase …

Statistical study of electromigration in gold interconnects

H Ceric, RL de Orio, S Selberherr - Microelectronics Reliability, 2023‏ - Elsevier
During operation of integrated circuits, electromigration gradually degrades the metallic
interconnects, eventually leading to complete failure. In recent decades, electromigration …

Airgap integration on patterned metal lines for advanced interconnect performance scaling

HK Chang, HY Huang, TY Lo, SK Lee… - … (IITC) and IEEE …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel process scheme combining airgap integration with patterned metal lines is
introduced. Scheme feasibility is demonstrated on interconnect pitches targeting for 2nm …

Electromigration Degradation of Gold Interconnects: A Statistical Study

H Ceric, RL de Orio, S Selberherr - 2022 IEEE International …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromigration induced degradation of gold metallization used for GaAs devices is a
significant, but not sufficiently investigated phenomenon. In this work, a complete physics …

Impact of Gold Interconnect Microstructure on Electromigration Failure Time Statistics

H Ceric, RL de Orio, S Selberherr - ESSDERC 2022-IEEE 52nd …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simulating the influence of microstructure on the electromigration reliability of a metallic
interconnect is a challenging task due to the complexity of grain boundary physics and to the …

[PDF][PDF] Finite Size Effects in Platinum-group Metal Nanostructures

S Dutta - 2018‏ - lirias.kuleuven.be
Conductivity of nanostructures differ significantly from the bulk. One such manifestation is the
resistivity scaling where the resistivity of metallic nanostructures increases drastically when …

Tradeoffs Between Performance and Reliability in Integrated Circuits

DJ Weyer - 2019‏ - rave.ohiolink.edu
Abstract The Reliability of the ICs or ASICs was assumed to always exceed the expected life-
time of the product. Reliability cannot be ignored as the IC/ASIC industry moves to nano …

Dégradation par électromigration dans les interconnexions en cuivre: étude des facteurs d'amélioration des durées de vie et analyse des défaillances précoces

FL Bana - 2013‏ - theses.hal.science
Les circuits intégrés sont partie prenante de tous les secteurs industriels et de la vie
couranteactuels. Leurs dimensions sont sans cesse réduites afin d'accroître leurs …

Розмірний ефект у розподілі часів до відмови припойних з'єднань

ОЮ Ляшенко - Вісник Черкаського університету. Серія: Фізико …, 2012‏ - irbis-nbuv.gov.ua
Розмірний ефект у розподілі часів до відмови припойних з'єднань/ОЮ Ляшенко//Вісник
Черкаського університету. Серія: Фізико-математичні науки.-2012.-№ 229.-С. 23-31 …