A review of research on the effect of aging on the EMC of integrated circuits

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is an essential requirement to electronic systems in which integrated circuits have a major influence. Intrinsic degradation mechanisms, which produces anticipated wear-out in deep submicron components threat not only the reliability of circuits, but also EMC performances. The need to predict and ensure long-term EMC has become a key challenge. This paper aims at presenting the last results on the long-term EMC topic. The paper clarifies the effect of device degradation mechanisms on EMC level drifts during lifetime and presents some attempts to predict these evolutions.