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US 11,538,856 B2Granted
MRAM device and methods of making such an MRAM device
AssigneeGlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
InventorsHemant Dixit, Vinayak Bharat Naik
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Abstract
One illustrative MRAM cell disclosed herein includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode positioned above the bottom electrode and an MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element positioned above the bottom electrode and below the top electrode. In this example, the MTJ element includes a bottom insulation layer positioned above the bottom electrode, a top insulation layer positioned above the bottom electrode; and a first ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the bottom insulation layer and the top insulation layer.
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A memory cell, comprising:
- a bottom electrode;
- a top electrode positioned above the bottom electrode;
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- a first MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element positioned above a first portion of the bottom electrode and below the top electrode, wherein the first MTJ element includes:
- a bottom insulation layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
- a top insulation layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
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- a first ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the bottom insulation layer and the top insulation layer;
- a second ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the first portion of the bottom electrode and the bottom insulation layer;
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- a third ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the top electrode and the top insulation layer, wherein the third ferromagnetic material layer is a free ferromagnetic material layer;
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- a second MTJ element adjacent the first MTJ element and above a second portion of the bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode extends continuously beneath the first and second memory cells such that the first and second MTJ elements share the bottom electrode.
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A memory cell, comprising:
- a bottom electrode;
- a top electrode positioned above the bottom electrode;
- a first MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element positioned above a first portion of the bottom electrode and below the top electrode, wherein the MTJ element includes:
- a bottom oxide layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
- a top oxide layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
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- a first ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the bottom oxide layer and the top oxide layer;
- a second ferromagnetic material layer vertically between the first portion of the bottom electrode and the bottom oxide layer, wherein the second ferromagnetic material layer includes a lower surface in contact with the top surface of the first portion of the bottom electrode;
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- a third ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the top electrode and the top oxide layer, wherein the third ferromagnetic material layer is a free ferromagnetic material layer;
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- a second MTJ element adjacent the first MTJ element and above a second portion of the bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode extends continuously beneath the first and second memory cells such that the first and second MTJ elements share the bottom electrode.
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A memory cell, comprising:
- a bottom electrode;
- a top electrode positioned above the bottom electrode;
- a first MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element positioned above a first portion of the bottom electrode, wherein the MTJ element includes:
- a bottom magnesium oxide layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
- a top magnesium oxide layer positioned above the first portion of the bottom electrode;
- a first ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the bottom magnesium oxide layer and the top magnesium oxide layer, wherein a bottom surface of the first ferromagnetic material layer is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the bottom magnesium oxide layer and wherein a bottom surface of the top magnesium oxide layer is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the first ferromagnetic material layer;
- a second ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the first portion of the bottom electrode and the bottom magnesium oxide layer, wherein a bottom surface of the second ferromagnetic material layer is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the first portion of the bottom electrode and wherein a bottom surface of the bottom magnesium oxide layer is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the second ferromagnetic material layer;
- a third ferromagnetic material layer positioned between the top electrode and the top magnesium oxide layer, wherein a bottom surface of the third ferromagnetic material layer is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the top oxide layer and wherein a bottom surface of the top electrode is positioned on and in physical contact with an upper surface of the third ferromagnetic material layer, and
- wherein the first ferromagnetic material layer has a thickness of at most 12 angstroms;
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- a second MTJ element adjacent the first MTJ element and above a second portion of the bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode extends continuously beneath the first and second memory cells such that the first and second MTJ elements share the bottom electrode.
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