发明名称 Method and apparatus of verifying reliability of an integrated circuit against electromigration
摘要 In order to verify a design of an integrated circuit in terms of a peak current density limit of electromigration specifications, a plurality of transistors, included in a given net of the integrated circuit, are assorted into a plurality of transistor groups. This assortment is based on different logical states which the given net is capable of assuming. Following this, both a lead resistance and load capacitance of the net are determined. Further, a plurality of peak currents respectively associated with the transistor groups are determined using the lead resistance and the load capacitance. Subsequently, a check is made to determine a maximum peak current among the plurality of peak currents already obtained. A peak current density of the maximum peak currents is determined using data of lead shapes, after which a check is further made to determine if the peak current density exceeds the peak current density limit of electromigration specifications.
申请公布号 US5995732(A) 申请公布日期 1999.11.30
申请号 US19970848014 申请日期 1997.04.28
申请人 NEC CORPORATION 发明人 MURAI, SYUZO
分类号 H01L21/66;G06F17/50;H01L21/822;H01L21/8238;H01L27/04;H01L27/092;H01L29/00;(IPC1-7):G06F17/50 主分类号 H01L21/66
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