• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.142-142
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1993.02a
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• pp.44-45
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.35-35
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• 1997

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.43-47
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• 2012

Electromigration in molten $Ge_2Sb_2Te_5$ (GST) was characterized using pulsed DC stress to an isolated line structure. When an electrical pulse was applied to the GST, GST lines were melted by Joule heating, and Ge and Sb atoms migrate to the cathode, whereas Te atoms migrate to the anode. This elemental separation in the molten GST was caused by an electrostatic force-induced electromigration. The effects of O-, N-, and Bi-doping on the electromigration were also investigated, and atomic mobility changes by the doping were investigated by quantifying $DZ^*$ values. The Bi -doping did not affect the $DZ^*$ values of the constituent atoms in the molten GST, but the D$DZ^*$ values decreased by O-doping and N-doping.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.91-95
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• 2007

Electromigration characteristics of Sn-3.5Ag flip chip solder bump were analyzed using flip chip packages which consisted of Si chip substrate and electroplated Cu under bump metallurgy. Electromigration test temperatures and current densities peformed were $140{\sim}175^{\circ}C\;and\;6{\sim}9{\times}10^4A/cm^2$ respectively. Mean time to failure of solder bump decreased as the temperature and current density increased. The activation energy and current density exponent were found to be 1.63 eV and 4.6, respectively. The activation energy and current density exponent have very high value because of high Joule heating. Evolution of Cu-Sn intermetallic compound was also investigated with respect to current density conditions.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.12 no.4 s.37
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• pp.307-313
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• 2005

Electromigration behavior in the Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 solder lines was investigated and compared Sn96.5Ag3.0Cu0.5 with eutectic SnPb. Measurements were made for relevant parameters for electromigration of the solder, such as drift velocity, threshold current density, activation energy, as well as the product of diffusivity and effective charge number (DZ$\ast$). The threshold current density were measured to be $2.38{\times}10^4A/cm^2$ at $140^{\circ}C$ and the value represented the maximum current density which the SnAgCu solder can carry without electromigration damage at the stressing temperatures. The electromigration energy was measured to 0.56 eV in the temperature range of $110-160^{\circ}C$. The measured products of diffusivity and the effective charge number, DZ$\ast$ were $3.12{\times}10^{-10} cm^2/s$ at $110^{\circ}C$, $4.66{\times}10^{-10} cm^2/s$ at $125^{\circ}C$, $8.76{\times}10^{-10} cm^2/s$ at $140^{\circ}C$, $2.14{\times}10^{-9}cm^2/s$ at $160^{\circ}C$ SnPb solder existed incubation stage, while SnAgCu did not have incubation stage. It was thought that the diffusion mechanism of SnAgCu was different from that of SnPb.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.279-282
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• 1999

Acceleration in integration density and speed performance of ULSI circuits require miniaturization of CMOS and interconnections as well as higher current density capabilities for transistors. A leading candidate to substitute A1-alloy is Cu, which has lower resistivity and higher melting point. So we can expect much higher electromigration resistance. In this paper, we are going to explain the major features of EM for MOCVD Cu according to variant conditions. We compared the life time and activation energy of MOCVD Cu with those of E-beam Cu and Al in The same conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.380-385
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• 1995

AI-1%Si 박막배선에서 수명의 길이 의존성 및 EM에 대한 저항성을 절연보호막 및 온도에 대하여 관찰하였고 ICB증착된 Cu박막배선의 EM에 대한 저항성을 측정하여 진공 열증착된 Cu 박막배선과 비교하였다. 첫째, 절연보호막 처리된 AI-1%Si 박막배선에서 길이가 200$\mu$m에서 1200$\mu$m로 증가함에 따라 전류인가에 의한 평균 수명과 활성화에너지값이 감소하다가 임계길이서부터는 모두 포화되는 것으로 나타났다. 절연보호막 물질에 상관 없이 고온으로 갈수록 임계길이가 짧아지며 그것을 넘는 영역에서는 길에에 대한 의존성이 약해져 임계길이 이상을 갖는 박막배선인 경우 평균수명 및 활성화 에너지값은 길이보다 막특성에 의존하는 것으로 사료된다. 둘째, ICB 증착된 Cu 박막배선의 d.c.인가에 따른 평균 수명은 진공 열층착된 Cu 박막배선보다 길게 나왔으며 e.ectromigration에 대한 활성화 에너지값도 1.70eV로 1.33eV보다 높게 측정되어 EM에 대한 저항성이 증가한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2013

As CMOS technology is scaled down more aggressively, the reliability mechanism (or aging effect) caused by the diffusion of metal atoms along the conductor in the direction of the electron flow, also called electromigration (EM), has become a major reliability concern. With the present of EM, it is difficult to control the current flows of the MOSFET device and interconnect. In addition, nanoscale CMOS circuits suffer from increased gate leakage current and power consumption. In this paper, the EM effects on current of the nanoscale CMOS circuits are analyzed. Finally, this paper introduces an on-chip current measurement method providing lifetime electromigration management which are designed using 45-nm CMOS predictive technology model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1994.02a
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• pp.148-150
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• 1994