TY  - JOUR
T1  - Experimental realization of electromigration at high power for copper wires
AU  - Mahariq, İbrahim
AU  - Beryozkina, Svetlana
PY  - 2019
DA  - December
Y2  - 2019
DO  - 10.30521/jes.616982
JF  - Journal of Energy Systems
JO  - Journal of Energy Systems
PB  - Erol KURT
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2602-2052
SP  - 158
EP  - 167
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
LA  - en
AB  - The electromigrationphenomenon is a topical concern in all types of interconnects in power systemsfor both low and high voltages, low and large power ranges, for instance, infabrication and manufacturing of Integrated Circuits, electronics of the powermodules, power grid interconnects etc. Due to distributed generation units, inparticular, renewable energy sources, which are commonly connected to alreadyexisting infrastructures, the considered issues related to the electromigrationimpact will result to a potential reduction of the electrical interconnectionfailure risks. Thus, the design of the integrated systems has to perform athighly efficient level with low probability of disconnections. The presentedstudy considers the effect of the electromigration in terms of the spatialdirection of the currents by observing directions of the sparks under certainarrangements of copper wires’ connections. The experimental setup has beendeveloped in order to realize and observe the theoretical expectations. Theexperimental results were conducted at around 500 A, and the correspondingobservations match theoretical expectations.
KW  - Electromigration
KW  - High power
KW  - Interconnect reliability
KW  - Physical design
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