As the structure size in electronics such as integrated circuits (ICs) decreases, the practical significance of this effect increases.

History

The phenomenon of electromigration has been known for over 100 years, having been discovered by obscure French scientist under the name of Gerardin. The topic first became of practical interest during the late 1960s when packaged ICs first appeared. The earliest commercially available ICs failed in a mere

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