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Strain and Texture in Al-Interconnect Wires Weasured by X-Xay Microbeam Diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Nobumichi Tamura ,
J.-S. Chung ,
G. E. Ice ,
B. C. Larson ,
J. D. Budai ,
J. Z. Tischler  and
M. Yoon
Nobumichi Tamura
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
J.-S. Chung
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
G. E. Ice
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
B. C. Larson
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
J. D. Budai
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
J. Z. Tischler
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
M. Yoon
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, E.L. Williams, W.P. Lowe, Howard University, Washington D.C.
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Abstract

The local strain and texture in Al interconnect wires have been investigated using white and monochromatic x-ray microbeams on the MHATTCAT undulator beam line at the Advanced Photon Source. Intergrain and intragrain orientations were obtained with ∼0.01° sensitivity using white beam measurements on wide Al pads (∼100 μm) and thin (2 μm) Al wires. Orientation changes of up to 1°were found within individual grains of the (111) textured Al interconnects. Deviatoric strain measurements indicate small intragranular strain variations, but intergranular strain variations were found to be quite large.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 563: Symposium M – Materials Reliability in Microelectronics IX , 1999 , 175
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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