High-precision electromigration early warning circuit
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CHINA ELECTRONICS PROD RELIABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING RES INST
- Publication Date
- 2012-07-18
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to an early warning circuit, in particular to an electromigration early warning circuit. Background technique
[0002] In the context of shrinking feature size, increasing integration and chip area, and increasing actual power consumption, the approach of physical limits increases the sensitivity of various failure mechanism effects that affect the reliability of integrated circuits, which need to be considered and weighed in design and process The factor increases greatly, and the reliability margin tends to disappear, so that the reliability problem faces a huge challenge. Among many integrated circuit reliability problems, the electromigration of metal interconnection is one of the main reasons for the failure of integrated circuits. Electromigration can easily cause open and short circuits of metal wires, resulting in changes in the resistance value of interconnection lines. In the case that the size of the device is continuo...