An adaptive grid approach for the simulation of electromigration induced void migration

H. Ceric1, S. Selberherr1
1Institute for Microelectronics, Technical University of of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tóm tắt

For tracking electromigration induced evolution of voids a diffuse interface model is applied. We assume an interconnect as two-dimensional electrically conducting via which contains initially a circular void. The diffuse interface governing equation was solved applying a finite element scheme with a robust local grid adaptation algorithm. Simulations were carried out for voids exposed to high current.

Từ khóa

#Electromigration #Integrated circuit interconnections #Equations #Finite element methods #Shape #Robustness #Chemicals #Electrons #Microelectronics #Circuit simulation

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