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Analysis of Cu-Line EM Failure Kinetics Using Mass Transport TCAD Simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

Mankoo Lee
Affiliation:
Intermolecular Inc., 3011 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134
Xuena Zhang
Affiliation:
Intermolecular Inc., 3011 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134
Dipankar Pramanik
Affiliation:
Intermolecular Inc., 3011 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134
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Abstract

We describe a mass transport TCAD simulation by using a Sentaurus S-Interconnect tool [1] that models reported electro-migration (EM) behaviors: EM induced resistance (R) change, line length (L) effect, and temperature (T) dependency on L and current density (j) products. We performed trend and sensitivity analyses for key physical EM model parameters: Cu-void formation, a sudden jump in line R associated with void growth, and Cu-vacancy (Cv) and void (Cvoid) profiles. In this manner, we develop a new methodology for accurately determining the EM lifetime by identifying an “EM-aware” region to define the L dependence of Cu-lines under high current stress. This includes electron flow dependency to explain line and via depletion effects for void formations under various stress conditions. We report a non-linearity in the L dependence on the jL product and a slight temperature dependence on the Blech Threshold (jL)c.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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