发明名称 ELECTROMIGRATION MONITOR
摘要 A structure, such as a wafer, chip, IC, design structure, etc., includes a through silicon via (TSV) and an electromigration (EM) monitor. The TSV extends completely through a semiconductor chip and the EM monitor includes a plurality of EM wires proximately arranged about the TSV perimeter. An EM testing method includes forcing electrical current through EM monitor wiring arranged in close proximity to the perimeter of the TSV, measuring an electrical resistance drop across the EM monitor wiring, determining if an electrical short exists between the EM monitor wiring and the TSV from the measured electrical resistance, and/or determining if an early electrical open or resistance increase exists within the EM monitoring wiring due to TSV induced proximity effect.
申请公布号 US2015380326(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.12.31
申请号 US201414320598 申请日期 2014.06.30
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 Chen Fen;Farooq Mukta G.;Griesemer John A.;Kothandaraman Chandrasekaran;Safran John M.;Sullivan Timothy D.;Wang Ping-Chuan;Zhang Lijuan
分类号 H01L21/66;G01R31/08;H01L23/48 主分类号 H01L21/66
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a through silicon via (TSV) extending completely through a semiconductor chip, and; an electromigration (EM) monitor comprising a plurality of EM wires proximately arranged about the TSV perimeter.
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