• DocumentCode
    3037316
  • Title

    Novel approach in selective area chemical etching of copper metallization for electrical failure analysis

  • Author

    Lim Wei Chuan ; Binti Zakaria, Nurhanani ; Stephan, Matthew

  • Author_Institution
    Infineon Technol. (Kulim) Sdn Bhd, Kulim, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    162
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    The paper outlines a chemically developed method for selective area partial metal removal of copper metallization for electrical failure analysis (FA) purposes, such as micro-probing and fault isolation of power integrated circuit(IC) devices. Analysis procedures, evaluation and discussion are presented as reference.
  • Keywords
    copper; etching; failure analysis; fault location; integrated circuit metallisation; integrated circuit reliability; integrated circuit testing; power integrated circuits; Cu; copper metallization; electrical failure analysis; fault isolation; microprobing; power integrated circuit device; selective area chemical etching; selective area partial metal removal; Decision support systems; Failure analysis; Integrated circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA), 2013 20th IEEE International Symposium on the
  • Conference_Location
    Suzhou
  • ISSN
    1946-1542
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1241-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPFA.2013.6599146
  • Filename
    6599146