• DocumentCode
    1704199
  • Title

    Copper interconnect technology for the 32 nm node and beyond

  • Author

    Gambino, Jeff ; Chen, Fen ; He, John

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Microelectron., Essex Junction, VT, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Lastpage
    148
  • Abstract
    Copper interconnects have gained wide acceptance in the microelectronics industry due to improved resistivity and reliability compared to Al interconnects. However, there are many challenges with implementation of Cu interconnects at the 32 nm node and beyond, including increased resistivity, integration with porous low-k materials, and reliability. In addition, for RF and mixed signal technology, integration of passive devices is required. In this paper, each of these topics is addressed.
  • Keywords
    copper; electromigration; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit packaging; integrated circuit reliability; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; passive networks; Cu; RF technology; copper interconnect technology; electromigration; microelectronics industry; mixed signal technology; package reliability; passive device integration; porous low-k materials; resistivity; size 32 nm; Conductivity; Copper; Materials reliability; Metals industry; Microelectronics; RF signals; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. CICC '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4071-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4073-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.2009.5280904
  • Filename
    5280904