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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2(61), p. 540-547, 2014

DOI: 10.1109/ted.2013.2295463

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Deteriorated Device Characteristics in 3D-LSI Caused by Distorted Silicon Lattice

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Abstract

Silicon-lattice distortion in the 50-$mu{rm m}$-thick stacked large scale integrated circuit (LSI) chip over Cu-Sn $mu$-bumps was studied by synchrotron-assisted micro-X-ray diffraction. The top and bottom surfaces of the upper chip experienced 0.25% and 0.1% tensile strain (equivalent to 450 and 200 MPa of tensile stress), respectively. Si $[004]$ plane showed a maximum tilt value of ${+}{rm 0.45}^{circ}$ and ${-}{rm 0.25}^{circ}$, respectively, over the $mu$-bump and in the bump-space region. Raman spectroscopy revealed that upper stacked chip experienced ${sim}{rm 1000}~{rm MPa}$ of tensile stress and ${sim}{-}{rm 200}~{rm MPa}$ of compressive stress, respectively, over the $mu$-bump and bump-space regions. Distorted Si-lattice in 3D-LSIs caused 4% and 12% change in ON-current characteristic for n- and p-MOSFET devices, respectively.