# US 12,763,120 B2 · Storage device, electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing storage device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,120 B2 - Document ID: US12763120B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/839,189 - Filed: 2023-02-20 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-28 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Hiroyuki Uchida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763120B2 ## CPC - G11C 11/161: {details concerning the memory cell structure, e.g. the layers of the ferromagnetic memory cell} - H10B 61/22: {of the field-effect transistor [FET] type} - H10N 50/10: Magnetoresistive devices - H10N 50/80: Constructional details - G11C 11/1673: {Reading or sensing circuits or methods} - G11C 11/1675: {Writing or programming circuits or methods} - G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B) - H10B: ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES - H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A storage device (1) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a storage element and a reference element each having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and an insulating layer provided between the fixed layer and the storage layer; a base layer (for example, a lower insulating layer 32) provided with the storage element and the reference element; and a semiconductor substrate (200) having a surface (200a) on which the base layer is laminated, in which the base layer has a first inclined surface (M2) inclined with respect to the surface (200a), and a second inclined surface inclined with respect to a plane (M1) parallel to the surface (200a) or the surface (200a) at an inclination angle smaller than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface (M2), the storage element is provided on the first inclined surface (M2), and the reference element is provided on the plane (M1) or the second inclined surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage device comprising: a storage element and a reference element each having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and an insulating layer provided between the fixed layer and the storage layer; a base layer provided with the storage element and the reference element; and a semiconductor substrate having a surface on which the base layer is laminated, wherein the base layer has a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface, and a second inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface or a plane parallel to the surface at an inclination angle smaller than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface, the storage element is provided on the first inclined surface, and the reference element is provided on the plane or the second inclined surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the base layer has the plane and the second inclined surface, and a plurality of the reference elements are provided on the plane and the second inclined surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein a resistance value of the reference element is identical to a resistance value of the storage element, and an area of a planar shape parallel to the plane of the reference element is larger than an area of a planar shape parallel to the first inclined surface of the storage element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the storage elements are provided on the first inclined surface and the plane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The storage device according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of storage elements are provided on the second inclined surface in addition to the first inclined surface and the plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the base layer has a third inclined surface whose inclination direction with respect to the surface is different from the first inclined surface, and a plurality of the storage elements are provided on the first inclined surface and the third inclined surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the first inclined surface and the third inclined surface are two inclined surfaces in which a separation distance between the inclined surfaces gradually increases toward the surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the inclination angle of the first inclined surface and an inclination angle of the third inclined surface are identical. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the inclination angle of the first inclined surface and an inclination angle of the third inclined surface are different. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the base layer includes a through wiring electrically connected to the reference element provided on the plane or the second inclined surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The storage device according to claim 10, wherein the plane or the second inclined surface includes an exposed surface on which the through wiring is exposed from the base layer, and the reference element electrically connected to the through wiring is provided in the exposed surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the base layer includes a through wiring electrically connected to the storage element provided on the first inclined surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The storage device according to claim 12, wherein the first inclined surface includes an exposed surface on which the through wiring is exposed from the base layer, and the storage element electrically connected to the through wiring is provided in the exposed surface. ### Claim 14 An electronic apparatus comprising a storage device that stores information, wherein the storage device includes: a storage element and a reference element each having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and an insulating layer provided between the fixed layer and the storage layer; a base layer provided with the storage element and the reference element; and a semiconductor substrate having a surface on which the base layer is laminated, the base layer has: a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface; and a second inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface or a plane parallel to the surface at an inclination angle smaller than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface, the storage element is provided on the first inclined surface, and the reference element is provided on the plane or the second inclined surface. ### Claim 15 A method for manufacturing a storage device, the method comprising: forming, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, a base layer having a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface and a second inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface or a plane parallel to the surface at an inclination angle smaller than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface; and forming, on the first inclined surface, a storage element having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and an insulating layer provided between the fixed layer and the storage layer, and forming, on the plane or the second inclined surface, a reference element having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a storage layer whose magnetization direction is changeable, and an insulating layer provided between the fixed layer and the storage layer.