• DocumentCode
    3360288
  • Title

    Characterization and design for variability and reliability

  • Author

    Nowka, Kevin ; Nassif, Sani ; Agarwal, Kanak

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Austin Res. Lab., Austin, TX
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-24 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    341
  • Lastpage
    346
  • Abstract
    Device variability due to sub-wavelength lithography, layout complexity, and random effects is impacting manufacturable design. Defects, aging, and noise must also be accounted for in design and manufacturing. Characterization structures to quantify these effects, measured behaviors, the resulting models, and design and tools mitigation actions are presented in this paper.
  • Keywords
    design for manufacture; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit reliability; lithography; IC industry; device variability; layout complexity; manufacturable design; reliability; subwavelength lithography; Aging; Lithography; Manufacturing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2008. CICC 2008. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2018-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2019-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.2008.4672092
  • Filename
    4672092