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14th International Conference: Reliability and Stress-Related Phenomena in Nanoelectronics

30.05.2016 (Monday) - 01.06.2016 (Wednesday) , 09:00 - 18:00
Bad Schandau

The conference will provide a forum for presenting current research and for discussions of future developments related to reliability and stress-induced phenomena in nanoelectronics. Stresses arising in metal structures and surrounding dielectric materials due to novel process steps and advanced materials can lead to degradation and failure of micro- and nanoelectronic products, and therefore, they bring new challenges for process integration, design optimization and reliability. Following the spirit of previous workshops, new research results and advances in basic understanding are emphasized.

Call for Papers
One-page abstracts must be received by November 30, 2015. Address the abstracts to the Chair: ehrenfried.zschech@ikts.fraunhofer.de Notice of acceptance of papers will be given by January 10, 2016. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference abstract booklet as submitted

Topics
• On-chip and 3D interconnect stacks: Functionality and performance
• Scaling limitations of interconnects: Metals and dielectrics
• Thermo-mechanical properties and stress: Measurements and simulation
• Role of microstructure and interfaces on mechanical behaviour of nanostructures
• Reliability physics and engineering, damage and failure mechanisms
• Stress-induced degradation phenomena and failure: Cu stress, EM, SIV, TDDB
• Multi-scale modelling, materials data / database
• Advanced materials characterization techniques
• Design and test for reliability
• Component (device / interconnect) reliability vs. system reliability

Invited Speakers
• Andre Clausner, Fraunhofer IKTS Dresden, Germany
• Reinhold Dauskardt, Stanford University, Palo Alto/CA, USA
• Christof Eberl, Fraunhofer IWS Freiburg, Germany
• Shoji Kamiya, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
• Christoph Kirchlechner, Max-Planck- Institut Düsseldorf, Germany
• Paul Ho, UT Austin/TX, USA
• Han Li, Intel, Portland, USA
• Zhiyong Ma, Intel, Portland, USA
• Valeriy Sukharev, Mentor Graphics, Fremont/CA, USA
• Wenbing Yun, Sigray Concord/CA, USA

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