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The evolution of thermal stresses in aluminum interconnects was analyzed numerically. Particular attention was devoted to the effects of multilevel arrangement, which have been largely ignored in past studies. Two-dimensional models based on long metal lines with different aspect ratios and cross-sectional arrangements were employed. The metallization, taken to include thin refractory layers sandwiching...