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Biased Resistor Network Model for Electromigration Failure and Related Phenomena in Metallic Lines (Articolo in rivista)

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Pennetta C., Alfinito E., Reggiani L., Fantini F., De Munari I., Scorzoni A. (2004)
Biased Resistor Network Model for Electromigration Failure and Related Phenomena in Metallic Lines
in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics; The American Physical Society, College Park, MD 20740-3844 (Stati Uniti d'America)
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1 - INFM--National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Via Arnesano, I-73100, Lecce, Italy 2 - Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università di Lecce, Italy 3 - INFM and Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Modena, Via Vignolese 905, I-41100 Modena, Italy 4 - INFM and Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy 5 - INFN and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e dell'Informazione, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, I-06125 Perugia, Italy (literal)

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Biased Resistor Network Model for Electromigration Failure and Related Phenomena in Metallic Lines (literal)

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Electromigration phenomena in metallic lines are studied by using a biased resistor network model. The void formation induced by the electron wind is simulated by a stochastic process of resistor breaking, while the growth of mechanical stress inside the line is described by an antagonist process of recovery of the broken resistors. The model accounts for the existence of temperature gradients due to current crowding and Joule heating. Alloying effects are also accounted for. Monte Carlo simulations allow the study within a unified theoretical framework of a variety of relevant features related to the electromigration. The predictions of the model are in excellent agreement with the experiments and in particular with the degradation towards electrical breakdown of stressed Al-Cu thin metallic lines. Detailed investigations refer to the damage pattern, the distribution of the times to failure (TTFs), the generalized Black's law, the time evolution of the resistance, including the early-stage change due to alloying effects and the electromigration saturation appearing at low current densities or for short line lengths. The dependence of the TTFs on the length and width of the metallic line is also well reproduced. Finally, the model successfully describes the resistance noise properties under steady state conditions. (literal)

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