TY - GEN
T1 - Study on SRAM soft failure using planar-view transmission electron microscopy techniques
AU - Liu, P.
AU - Li, K.
AU - Li, Y.
AU - Chen, C. Q.
AU - Er, E.
AU - Teong, J.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Soft failure in static random access memory (SRAM), where there are several mechanisms related to it, is a kind of major obstruction to improve the yield. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful failure analysis tool, which has a high spatial resolution and is widely used in IC failure analysis with the shrinkage of integrated circuit to a nano-level transistor. Planar-view TEM techniques have great advantages in finding failure location and mechanism. In this paper, two kinds of soft failure root causes are identified by the planar-view TEM techniques.
AB - Soft failure in static random access memory (SRAM), where there are several mechanisms related to it, is a kind of major obstruction to improve the yield. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful failure analysis tool, which has a high spatial resolution and is widely used in IC failure analysis with the shrinkage of integrated circuit to a nano-level transistor. Planar-view TEM techniques have great advantages in finding failure location and mechanism. In this paper, two kinds of soft failure root causes are identified by the planar-view TEM techniques.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51949091030&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IPFA.2008.4588194
DO - 10.1109/IPFA.2008.4588194
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51949091030
SN - 1424420393
SN - 9781424420391
T3 - Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA
BT - 2008 15th IEEE International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA
T2 - 2008 15th IEEE International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, IPFA
Y2 - 7 July 2008 through 11 July 2008
ER -