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- Patent Title: Electronic device including a magneto-resistive memory device and a process for forming the electronic device
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Application No.: US13358231Application Date: 2012-01-25
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Publication No.: US08236578B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Phillip G. Mather , Sanjeev Aggarwal , Brian R. Butcher , Renu W. Dave , Frederick B. Mancoff , Nicholas D. Rizzo
- Applicant: Phillip G. Mather , Sanjeev Aggarwal , Brian R. Butcher , Renu W. Dave , Frederick B. Mancoff , Nicholas D. Rizzo
- Applicant Address: US AZ Chandler
- Assignee: Everspin Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Everspin Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Chandler
- Agency: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01L21/00
- IPC: H01L21/00

Abstract:
A process of forming an electronic device can include forming a stack including a tunnel barrier layer. The tunnel barrier layer can have a ratio of the metal atoms to oxygen atoms of greater than a stoichiometric ratio, wherein the ratio has a particular value. The process can also include forming a gettering layer having a composition capable of gettering oxygen, and depositing an insulating layer over the gettering layer. The process can further include exposing the insulating layer to a temperature of at least approximately 60° C. In one embodiment, after such exposure, a portion of the gettering layer is converted to an insulating material. In another embodiment, an electronic device can include a magnetic tunnel junction and an adjacent insulating layer lying within an opening in another insulating layer.
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