Y. Ominami, Q. Ngo, M. Suzuki, K. Mcilwrath, K. Jarausch, A. Cassell, Jun Li, C. Yang
{"title":"Interface Characterization for Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers for On-chip Interconnect Applications","authors":"Y. Ominami, Q. Ngo, M. Suzuki, K. Mcilwrath, K. Jarausch, A. Cassell, Jun Li, C. Yang","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251048","url":null,"abstract":"Nanostructure characterization of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) for on-chip interconnect applications is presented. We propose a novel technique for characterizing interfacial nanostructures of vertically aligned CNFs, optimally suited for cross-sectional imaging with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Using this technique, vertically aligned CNFs are selectively grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), on a substrate comprising a narrow strip (width ~100nm) formed by focused ion beam (FIB). Using high-resolution STEM, we show that CNFs with diameters ranging from 10-100 nm exhibit very similar graphitic layer morphologies at the base contact interface","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122688495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Asymmetrical Behaviour in Advanced Nano SRAM Devices","authors":"H. Lin, Wen-Tung Chang, Chun-lin Chen, Tsui-hua Huang, Vivian Chiang, Chun-Ming Chen","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.250998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.250998","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of understanding asymmetrical behaviour in SRAM has increased as the technology node shrinks below 100 nm. Single bit failure can possibly be caused by the malfunction of any of the six transistors in a standard SRAM cell. In order to understand the asymmetrical behaviour in advanced nano SRAM devices, nanoprobing is introduced to perform transistor level fault isolation prior to attempting physical failure analysis (PFA)","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"386 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122991635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability Failures in Small Optocoupling and DC/DC Converter Devices","authors":"P. Jacob, G. Nicoletti, M. Rutsch","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251022","url":null,"abstract":"In power electronics, often control and power part are at different electric potentials. Thus, electrically isolated coupling of them is performed by optocoupling devices. Also, isolating DC/DC converters are in use. While such systems are dedicated for high reliability application, weak points within these small components generate problems to the system reliability. The paper outlines most common weakness, as optocoupling internal LEDs, packaging problems and hybrid components in use at their electrical limits","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117254036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y.W. Chen, J. Zou, G. Zhang, S. Chen, Jianping Wang, T. Hu, E. Bei, J. Wang, A. Fan, I. Chen
{"title":"Reliability Improvement in Multi-level Cu/SiOC Low k Integration","authors":"Y.W. Chen, J. Zou, G. Zhang, S. Chen, Jianping Wang, T. Hu, E. Bei, J. Wang, A. Fan, I. Chen","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251009","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, inter layer dielectric characteristic ramped voltage breakdown (VBD) performance of multiplayer Cu/SiOC interconnect was studied. The results showed that the breakdown reliability is highly process-related. Some dominating factors, such as via etching process, integration scheme used and Cu/dielectric interface etc., were discussed and proposed to improve breakdown reliability performance","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116391741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jyi-Tsong Lin, Y. Eng, Kuo-Dong Huang, Tai-Yi Lee, Kao-Cheng Lin
{"title":"Ultra-Short-Channel Characteristics of Planar MOSFETs With Block Oxide","authors":"Jyi-Tsong Lin, Y. Eng, Kuo-Dong Huang, Tai-Yi Lee, Kao-Cheng Lin","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251017","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the investigation of block oxide used in planar MOSFETs has been studied. To solve these above issues and for the comparison, we propose two novel device architectures; one is called the FDSOI with block oxide (bFDSOI) and the other is called the Si on partial insulator with block oxide field-effect transistor (bSPIFET)","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"154 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131361624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Holzer, C. Hollauer, H. Ceric, Markus Karner, Tibor Grasser, E. Langer, Siegfried Selberherr
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Transient Interconnect Analysis With Regard to Mechanical Stress","authors":"S. Holzer, C. Hollauer, H. Ceric, Markus Karner, Tibor Grasser, E. Langer, Siegfried Selberherr","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251019","url":null,"abstract":"We presented a transient electro-thermal analysis with STAP considering self-heating. Thermo-mechanical simulators, e.g. FEDOS, are coupled to provide appropriated input data for electromigration analysis to obtain predictive results. The presented electro-thermal results depict the high temperature gradients close to heat sources and heat sinks. Further regions of high risk of electromigration are presented as results of thermo-mechanical simulations. The vias as well as edges and corners of interconnects in general are highly stressed regions due to the mismatch of thermal volume expansion coefficients and due to weak material adhesion of material interfaces","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116326659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability of Ultra-thin Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2) Films on Strained-Si","authors":"M. Bera, C. Maiti","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.251049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.251049","url":null,"abstract":"This paper report on the reliability properties of microwave-plasma deposited ultrathin high-k gate dielectric (ZrO2 ) films on strained-Si/SiGe layers. Stress induced leakage current; trap centroid and charge trapping behavior under constant current and voltage stressing in both polarities have been studied","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122978212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu-Ching Yeh, Chia-Lung Lin, Bi-Jen Chen, Y. Tseng, J. D. Russell
{"title":"Application of Atomic Force Probing on 90nm DRAM Cell Failure Analysis","authors":"Yu-Ching Yeh, Chia-Lung Lin, Bi-Jen Chen, Y. Tseng, J. D. Russell","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.250983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.250983","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a novel method to identify marginal faults in DRAM product via atomic force probing. Failing cells which are difficult to be identified by traditional methods were easily localized by current imaging. In addition, current-voltage curves were useful for judging failure root causes","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121959610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Kumar Brahma, J. Heinig, A. Glowacki, R. Leihkauf, C. Boit
{"title":"Distinction of Photo-Electric and Thermal Effects in a MOSFET by 1064 nm Laser Stimulation","authors":"S. Kumar Brahma, J. Heinig, A. Glowacki, R. Leihkauf, C. Boit","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.250982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.250982","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal (TLS) and photoelectric (PLS) laser stimulation techniques are now widely used in failure analysis of integrated circuits. The stimulation signatures when using a 1064 nm laser are often a combination of PLS and TLS. This work presents a quantitative investigation of 1064 nm laser stimulation effects on single NMOSFET devices that isolates the two contributors. The results support the basic understanding of the static and dynamic device behavior when stimulated by 1064nm laser","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123412029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Quah, L. S. Koh, C. Chua, M. Palaniappan, J. Chin, J. Phang
{"title":"DC-Coupled Laser Induced Detection System for Fault Localization in Microelectronic Failure Analysis","authors":"A. Quah, L. S. Koh, C. Chua, M. Palaniappan, J. Chin, J. Phang","doi":"10.1109/IPFA.2006.250981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPFA.2006.250981","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a new dc-coupled laser induced detection system for fault localization in microelectronic failure analysis. This method removes artifacts inherent in ac-coupled detection systems and is capable of producing an accurate mapping of the laser induced resistance change of the devices without signal attenuation. This method is also capable of localizing large area faults without signal distortion","PeriodicalId":283576,"journal":{"name":"2006 13th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124380839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}