Electromigration and low-frequency resistance fluctuations in aluminum thin-film interconnections |
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Abstract: | Low-frequency noise spectra originating from resistance fluctuations in Al films during electromigration were measured in the absolute temperature and current density intervals327 leq T leq 396K and1.34 times 10^{6} leq j leq 2.22 times 10^{6}A/cm2. The values of SR, the resistance power spectral density, at 20 × 10-3Hz allowed the construction of an Arrhenius plot from which a grain-boundary activation energy value of about 0.6 eV was deduced. This value lies in the range of values found by other authors using different techniques. A first attempt to model the observed dependence of SRonjandTis also described. |
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