• DocumentCode
    154279
  • Title

    Atomic flux divergence based current conversion scheme for signal line electromigration reliability assessment

  • Author

    Zhong Guan ; Marek-Sadowska, Malgorzata ; Nassif, S. ; Baozhen Li

  • Author_Institution
    UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    248
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we study electromigration (EM) reliability of signal lines. We propose a general model for current conversion from pulsed DC to steady DC based on the consistency of maximal atomic flux divergence. Both long and short lead lines with high frequency current are considered. The calculated effective steady DC agrees with the measured results. Our conversion scheme can be applied also to signal lines with complex current paths.
  • Keywords
    DC-DC power convertors; electromigration; DC-DC current conversion; atomic flux divergence; current conversion scheme; signal line electromigration reliability; Atomic measurements; Current density; Electromigration; Mathematical model; Reliability; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Interconnect Technology Conference / Advanced Metallization Conference (IITC/AMC), 2014 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5016-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IITC.2014.6831886
  • Filename
    6831886