• DocumentCode
    1609217
  • Title

    Reliability analysis of small delay defects in vias located in signal paths

  • Author

    Villacorta, Hector ; Champac, Victor ; Hawkins, Chuck ; Segura, Jaume

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Inst. for Astrophys., Opt. & Electron.-INAOE, Puebla, Mexico
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Vias-open defects are one of the dominant failures in modern nanometer technologies and may pose a reliability issue. In this paper, the reliability electromigration risk posed by undetected small delays due to resistive opens in vias located in signal paths is quantified. The Mean Time to Failure as function of the void size, using a cylinder model for the defective via, is estimated. Both effects, electromigration and self heating, have been considered. Reliability analysis considering redundant vias is also presented.
  • Keywords
    electromigration; integrated circuit reliability; dominant failures; modern nanometer technologies; reliability analysis; reliability electromigration risk; self heating; small delay defects; vias-open defects; Current density; Delay; Electromigration; Integrated circuit interconnections; Metals; Reliability; Resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Test Workshop (LATW), 2010 11th Latin American
  • Conference_Location
    Pule del Este
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7786-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LATW.2010.5550366
  • Filename
    5550366