{"title":"Reliability Implications of Nitrogen Contamination During Deposition of Sputtered Aluminum/Silicon Metal Films","authors":"J. Klema, R. Pyle, E. Domangue","doi":"10.1109/IRPS.1984.362012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aluminum/Silicon (Al/Si) sputtered metal films for MOS integrated circuit metalization deposited under conditions of nitrogen contamination coupled with a subsequent silicon nitride (Si3N4) passivation can seriously impact product relialility. The reliability implications of this sputtered metallization process will be discussed. The discussion will include film characteristics and structure, description f the failure mechanism, life modeling, accelerated testing, and electromigration behavior.","PeriodicalId":326004,"journal":{"name":"22nd International Reliability Physics Symposium","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"46","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"22nd International Reliability Physics Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRPS.1984.362012","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aluminum/Silicon (Al/Si) sputtered metal films for MOS integrated circuit metalization deposited under conditions of nitrogen contamination coupled with a subsequent silicon nitride (Si3N4) passivation can seriously impact product relialility. The reliability implications of this sputtered metallization process will be discussed. The discussion will include film characteristics and structure, description f the failure mechanism, life modeling, accelerated testing, and electromigration behavior.