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Non-Uniform Temperature Distribution in Interconnects and Its Impact on Electromigration

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Ali Abbasinasab,

Malgorzata Marek-SadowskaAuthors Info & Claims

GLSVLSI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI

Pages 117 - 122

https://doi.org/10.1145/3299874.3317973

Published: 13 May 2019 Publication History

Abstract

We investigate the effect of electrically induced thermal load on interconnect reliability and aging. We propose new models for uniform and non-uniform temperature evolution and its steady state distribution in interconnects considering Joule heating and heat convection. The models are verified by comparing the results against those of finite element experiments. We apply our models to study material migration induced aging and failures. We discuss how different non-uniform temperature profiles affect interconnect lifetime. We propose new formulas for accurate temperature aware assessment of the mortality of interconnects. We demonstrate that neglecting thermal effects in modern technologies may lead to incorrect conclusions about interconnect mortality. We also provide a method for modeling the true mean time to failure based on underlying physics.

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GLSVLSI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI

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DOI:10.1145/3299874

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ASP-DAC52403.2022.9712535
Chen LTan SSun ZPeng STang MMao J(2021)A Fast Semi-Analytic Approach for Combined Electromigration and Thermomigration Analysis for General Multisegment InterconnectsIEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems10.1109/TCAD.2020.299427140:2(350-363)Online publication date: 1-Feb-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TCAD.2020.2994271
Wang JCai YZhou Q(2021)Temperature-Aware Electromigration Analysis with Current-Tracking in Power Grid NetworksJournal of Computer Science and Technology10.1007/s11390-021-0909-836:5(1133-1144)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11390-021-0909-8
Kavousi MChen LTan SXie Y(2020)Electromigration immortality check considering joule heating effect for multisegment wiresProceedings of the 39th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design10.1145/3400302.3415634(1-8)Online publication date: 2-Nov-2020
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