DU Lei, ZHUANG Yi-qi, XUE Li-jun. Correlation between Frequency Exponent of 1/f γ Noise and Electromigration Failure in VLSI Interconnections[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2003, 31(2): 183-185.
DOI:
DU Lei, ZHUANG Yi-qi, XUE Li-jun. Correlation between Frequency Exponent of 1/f γ Noise and Electromigration Failure in VLSI Interconnections[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2003, 31(2): 183-185.DOI:
Correlation between Frequency Exponent of 1/f γ Noise and Electromigration Failure in VLSI Interconnections
The accelerated-life tests with high stresses and noise spectrum measurement at normal bias conditions are performed for Al-based interconnection in VLSI
and the variation of frequency exponent
γ
of 1/
f
γ
noise with the electromigration evolution during the test is observed.It is found that the abrupt change of the exponent γ
from 1.0 to 1.6 above
occurs after a period of the test.The change may be caused by the voids induced by electromigration
and hence the invertible structure variation in the metal thin films starts to be formed at the time.Therefore
the exponent
γ
of 1/
f
γ
noise can be used as an indicator to evaluate the destruction to thin film interconnection induced by electromigration.