• DocumentCode
    2206392
  • Title

    Studies on size effect of copper interconnect lines

  • Author

    Wu, Wen ; Maex, Karen

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    416
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present our studies on size effect of copper interconnect lines as well as PVD copper films. It was found that both the size effect and grain boundary scattering play all important role in determining the total resistivity values of copper lines and films. Fitting processes were carried out which gave simultaneously an estimation of the extent of size effect and grain boundary scattering
  • Keywords
    copper; electrical resistivity; grain boundaries; integrated circuit interconnections; metallic thin films; plasma CVD coatings; size effect; Cu; Cu interconnect lines; PVD Cu films; fitting processes; grain boundary scattering; resistivity values; size effect; Atherosclerosis; Conductivity; Contact resistance; Copper; Electrons; Grain boundaries; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical films; Reflection; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, 2001. Proceedings. 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6520-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.2001.981507
  • Filename
    981507