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Sunday, November 6, 2005 - 9:15 AM
GEN051.2

Failure Modes in Nanometer Technologies

C. Hawkins, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Part II covers the impact on failure electronics by short channel transistor effects. The interactive effects aggravated by scaling forces several tradeoffs in the design that impact detection and location of failure sites. Statistical variation, cross-talk, ground bounce, IR droop, resistive vias and contacts, sensitivity of performance to small changes in power supply voltage, clock frequency, and temperature. Detection and location of failure sites is made more difficult by these advanced technology effects.