Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic tunnel junction device and method
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Application No.: US16991424Application Date: 2020-08-12
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Publication No.: US11698423B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Jui-Fen Chien , Wei-Gang Chiu , Tsann Lin
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C11/16
- IPC: G11C11/16 ; G01R33/09 ; H10B61/00 ; H10N50/01 ; H10N50/10 ; H10N50/80 ; H10N50/85

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a device includes: a magnetoresistive random access memory cell including: a bottom electrode; a reference layer over the bottom electrode; a tunnel barrier layer over the reference layer, the tunnel barrier layer including a first composition of magnesium and oxygen; a free layer over the tunnel barrier layer, the free layer having a lesser coercivity than the reference layer; a cap layer over the free layer, the cap layer including a second composition of magnesium and oxygen, the second composition of magnesium and oxygen having a greater atomic concentration of oxygen and a lesser atomic concentration of magnesium than the first composition of magnesium and oxygen; and a top electrode over the cap layer.
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