Integrated circuit metal film interconnect having enhanced resis

Details Integrated circuit metal film interconnect having enhanced resis Integrated circuit metal film interconnect having enhanced resis

1992-12-14

1995-01-17

Hille, Rolf

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Combined with electrical contact or lead

Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum

257734, 257773, H01L 2348, H01L 2940

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053828313

ABSTRACT:
For enhanced resistance to electromigration failure, a thin metal film interconnect on an integrated circuit chip should use multiple parallel minimum-width lines when the minimum linewidth is less than one and one-half times the mean grain size of the metal film. When the interconnect is longer than a certain predetermined length, then the multiple lines of the interconnect should have intermediate interconnections or bridges between neighboring ones of the multiple lines. When the interconnect is many times longer than the predetermined length, then the bridges define slots between the neighboring lines, and the slots should have a length of about the predetermined length. When the interconnect is many times longer than the predetermined length and the interconnect has more than two parallel lines, then the slots on one side of a parallel line should be staggered or offset with respect to the slots on the other side of the parallel line. The predetermined length should be about ten to twenty times the mean length of polycrystalline segments in a line of the minimum linewidth. For a 1.25 .mu.m minimum linewidth and a 7,600 .ANG. thick Al-1% Cu film having a 3.0 micron mean grain size, the predetermined length should be about 46 to 92 microns.

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