Practical Electron Microscopy and Database

An Online Book, Second Edition by Dr. Yougui Liao (2006)

Practical Electron Microscopy and Database - An Online Book

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Current Density Threshold Causing Electromigration

Table 998. Current density threshold causing electromigration.

Materials Temperature
Current density threshold
A/cm2 nA/nm2
SnPb solder
100°
8.5 x 103 [1]
8.5 x 108
SnAgCu
 
104 [3]
109
Al film
 
1.6 x 105[5]
1.6 x 1010
Pb-5%Sn
 
4.5 x 103[4]
4.5 x 108
Cu
 
106 [3]
1011
Al film
< 200°
105 [2]
x 1010

 

 

 

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[2] H.-U.Schreiber, Electromigration threshold in aluminum films, 28, 6, 617-626 (1985).
[3] Sadia Khan, Electromigration Analysis of High Current Carrying Adhesive-Based Copper-to-Copper Interconnections, thesis, (2012).
[4] Abraham H. Landzberg, Microelectronics Manufacturing Diagnostics Handbook, 1993.
[5] K. N. Tu, Recent advances on electromigration in very-large-scale-integration of interconnects, Applied Physics Reviews, (2003).