• DocumentCode
    3073576
  • Title

    Electromigration of MRAM-customized Cu interconnects with cladding barriers and top cap

  • Author

    Gajewski, Donald A. ; Meixner, Tom ; Feil, Bill ; Lien, Mitch ; Walls, James

  • Author_Institution
    Freescale Semicond., Chandler, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    93
  • Abstract
    This paper demonstrates the electromigration (EM) performance of MRAM-customized Cu interconnects with cladding barriers and top cap. The results show that the barriers and top cap significantly improved the EM performance compared to conventional Cu processes.
  • Keywords
    copper; electromigration; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit metallisation; integrated circuit reliability; magnetic storage; magnetoresistive devices; random-access storage; Cu; MRAM top cap; MRAM-customized interconnects; activation energy; cladding barriers; electromigration; flux concentrating cladding; magnetoresistive random access memory; Current density; Current measurement; Dielectric measurements; Electromigration; Electrons; Equations; Heating; Stress measurement; Temperature measurement; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Reliability Workshop Final Report, 2004 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8517-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRWS.2004.1422746
  • Filename
    1422746