• DocumentCode
    2614435
  • Title

    The Distribution of Electromigration Failures

  • Author

    LaCombe, Donald J. ; Parks, Earl L.

  • Author_Institution
    Electronics Laboratory, General Electric Company, P.O. Box 4840, Syracuse, New York 13221
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    31503
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the statistical distribution of electromigration test failures. Large scale life tests were carried out and the natujre of the failure distributions were determined for lines of varying length and width. In all cases, the distribution were found to be log-normal down to at least the 0.3% failure point. Possible reasons for these results and their implications with regard to the design of a cost effective electromigration testing program are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Computer simulation; Costs; Electromigration; Extrapolation; Grain size; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Life testing; Lifting equipment; Statistical distributions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 1986. 24th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0735-0791
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.1986.362103
  • Filename
    4208633