公开(公告)号：US20200212290A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16255754

申请日：2019-01-23

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Tai-Cheng Hou ,  Wei-Xin Gao ,  Fu-Yu Tsai ,  Chin-Yang Hsieh ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Bin-Siang Tsai ,  Kun-Ju Li ,  Chih-Yueh Li ,  Chia-Lin Lu ,  Chun-Lung Chen ,  Kun-Yuan Liao ,  Yu-Tsung Lai ,  Wei-Hao Huang

IPC: H01L41/47 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L43/02 ,  H01L21/768

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first ultra low-k (ULK) dielectric layer on the first MTJ; performing a first etching process to remove part of the first ULK dielectric layer and forming a damaged layer on the first ULK dielectric layer; and forming a second ULK dielectric layer on the damaged layer.

公开(公告)号：US20200176510A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16214127

申请日：2018-12-09

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chia-Chang Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Hung-Chan Lin ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: H01L27/22 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L21/321 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L43/12

Abstract: The disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device including a substrate having a memory cell region and an alignment mark region; a dielectric layer covering the memory cell region and the alignment mark region; conductive vias in the dielectric layer within the memory cell region; an alignment mark trench in the dielectric layer within the alignment mark region; and storage structures disposed on the conductive vias, respectively. Each of the storage structures includes a bottom electrode defined from a bottom electrode metal layer, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure defined from an MTJ layer, and a top electrode. A residual metal stack is left in the alignment mark trench. The residual metal stack includes a portion of the bottom electrode metal layer and a portion of the MTJ layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240415026A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18811754

申请日：2024-08-21

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chia-Chang Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Chin-Yang Hsieh ,  Jing-Yin Jhang

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01F10/32 ,  H01F41/34 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a MTJ region and a logic region, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the MTJ region, and a metal interconnection on the logic region. Preferably, the MTJ includes a bottom electrode layer having a gradient concentration, a free layer on the bottom electrode layer, and a top electrode layer on the free layer.

公开(公告)号：US12156478B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18110337

申请日：2023-02-15

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Po-Kai Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang ,  Hung-Yueh Chen

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, a MTJ on the MTJ region, a top electrode on the MTJ, a connecting structure on the top electrode, and a first metal interconnection on the logic region. Preferably, the first metal interconnection includes a via conductor on the substrate and a trench conductor, in which a bottom surface of the trench conductor is lower than a bottom surface of the connecting structure.

公开(公告)号：US12146927B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US18376451

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Che-Wei Chang ,  Si-Han Tsai ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: G01R33/09 ,  G11C11/02 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate, in which the MTJ stack includes a pinned layer on the substrate, a barrier layer on the pinned layer, and a free layer on the barrier layer. Next, a top electrode is formed on the MTJ stack, the top electrode, the free layer, and the barrier layer are removed, a first cap layer is formed on the top electrode, the free layer, and the barrier layer, and the first cap layer and the pinned layer are removed to form a MTJ and a spacer adjacent to the MTJ.

公开(公告)号：US20240315142A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18134039

申请日：2023-04-13

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang

IPC: H10N50/10 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01

CPC classification number: H10N50/10 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a first interlayer dielectric layer, a second interlayer dielectric layer, a via in the second interlayer dielectric layer in a memory region, and a data storage structure on the via. The second interlayer dielectric layer includes a first recess structure and a second recess structure. The first recess structure has a first recessed thickness between the bottom surface of the data storage structure and the lowest point of the second interlayer dielectric layer in the memory area. The second recess structure has a second recessed thickness between the bottom surface of the data storage structure and the lowest point of the logic circuit region. The first recessed thickness ranges between 300-650 angstroms, and the second recessed thickness ranges between 300-800 angstroms.

公开(公告)号：US20240315139A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18135717

申请日：2023-04-17

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang

IPC: H10N50/01 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/80

CPC classification number: H10N50/01 ,  G11C11/161 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/80

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on a substrate, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the SOT layer, forming a first cap layer on the MTJ, forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the first cap layer, forming a second cap layer on the first cap layer and the first IMD layer, forming a second IMD layer on the first cap layer, the first IMD layer, and the second cap layer, and then planarizing the first cap layer, the first IMD layer, the second cap layer, and the second IMD layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240315050A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18676441

申请日：2024-05-28

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Che-Wei Chang ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng

IPC: H10B61/00 ,  G01R33/09 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/20

CPC classification number: H10B61/22 ,  G01R33/098 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/20

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, forming a first trench in the IMD layer, forming a metal layer in the first trench, planarizing the metal layer to form a first metal interconnection in the IMD layer and a first recess atop the first metal interconnection, and then forming a first bottom electrode (BE) in the first recess.

公开(公告)号：US20240260481A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18592553

申请日：2024-03-01

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Yi-Wei Tseng ,  Chin-Yang Hsieh ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yi-Hui Lee ,  Ying-Cheng Liu ,  Yi-An Shih ,  I-Ming Tseng ,  Tu-Ping Wang

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L29/82 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10

CPC classification number: H10N50/80 ,  G11C5/06 ,  G11C11/16 ,  G11C11/161 ,  H01L29/82 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  G11C2211/5615 ,  H10B61/00

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a spacer adjacent to the MTJ, a liner adjacent to the spacer, and a first metal interconnection on the MTJ. Preferably, the first metal interconnection includes protrusions adjacent to two sides of the MTJ and a bottom surface of the protrusions contact the liner directly.

公开(公告)号：US20240114803A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US17971651

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang

IPC: H01L43/02 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/10 ,  H01L43/12

CPC classification number: H01L43/02 ,  H01L27/222 ,  H01L43/10 ,  H01L43/12

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the step of forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, in which the MTJ includes a pinned layer on the substrate, a barrier layer on the pinned layer, and a free layer on the barrier layer and the free layer includes a magnesium oxide (MgO) compound. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the free layer includes a first cap layer on the barrier layer, a spacer on the first cap layer, and a second cap layer on the spacer.