Electromigration-induced failures in thin-film Al-Cu conductors |
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Authors: | B N Agarwala L Berenbaum P Peressini |
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Affiliation: | (1) IBM System Products Division East Fishkill Facility, Hopewell Junction, 12533, New York |
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Abstract: | The effect of CuAl2 precipitates on the electromigration lifetime of thin film Al-Cu conductors was studied by varying the Cu concentration in
the 0–12 wt per cent range. Experiments show that the conductor lifetime does not increase monotonically with an increase
in precipitate content. It is shown that the precipitates, when present in sufficient quantity, can greatly modify the grain
size distribution and hence can affect the electromigration lifetime. These results are interpreted in terms of a model relating
the vacancy and the copper atom flux along the grain boundaries. The roles of annealing treatments, copper concentration,
structural non-homogeneities and test temperatures are explained by the present model. |
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Keywords: | electromigration aluminum-copper precipitates conductors thin films lifetime |
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