Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromigration monitor
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Application No.: US15805377Application Date: 2017-11-07
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Publication No.: US10794948B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Fen Chen , Mukta G. Farooq , John A. Griesemer , Chandrasekaran Kothandaraman , John M. Safran , Timothy D. Sullivan , Ping-Chuan Wang , Lijuan Zhang
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: ZIP Group PLLC
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66 ; G01R31/08 ; H01L23/48 ; G01R31/28

Abstract:
An EM testing method includes forcing electrical current through EM monitor wiring arranged in close proximity to the perimeter of the TSV and measuring an electrical resistance drop across the EM monitor wiring. The method may further include determining if an electrical short exists between the EM monitor wiring and the TSV from the measured electrical resistance. The method may further include determining if an early electrical open or resistance increase exists within the EM monitoring wiring due to TSV induced proximity effect.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180074110A1 ELECTROMIGRATION MONITOR Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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