2004•Unpublished venueOpen access

Effect of thermal gradients on the electromigration life-time in power electronics

H.V. Nguyen, Cora Salm, B.H. Krabbenborg, Kirsten Weide-Zaage, J. Bisschop, A.J. Mouthaan, F.G. Kuper

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The combined effects of electromigration and thermomigration are studied. Significantly shorter electromigration lifetimes are observed in the presence of a temperature gradient. This cannot be explained by thermomigration only, but is attributed to the effect of temperature gradient on electromigration-induced failures.

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Key concepts: Electromigration, Temperature gradient, Materials science, Thermophoresis, Thermal, Diffusion, Nanotechnology, Composite material