A Model for Understanding Electromigration-Induced Void Evolution in Dual-Inlaid Cu Interconnect Structures |
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Authors: | D.J. Pete J.B. Helonde A.V. Vairagar S.G. Mhaisalkar |
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Abstract: | Electromigration-induced void evolution in various dual-inlaid copper (Cu) interconnect structures was simulated by applying a phenomenological model assisted by Monte Carlo-based simulations, considering the redistribution of heterogeneously nucleated voids and/or pre-existing vacancy clusters at the Cu/dielectric cap interface during electromigration. The results indicate that this model can qualitatively explain the electromigration-induced void evolution observed during experimental in situ secondary-electron microscopy (SEM) investigations as well as in various other reported studies. The electromigration mechanism in Cu interconnect structures and differences in the peculiar electromigration-induced void evolution in various dual-inlaid Cu interconnect structures can be clearly understood based on this model. These findings warrant reinvestigation of technologically important electromigration mechanisms by developing rigorous models based on similar concepts. |
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