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US 2010/0301008 A1Published application
Process and apparatus for fabricating magnetic device
AssigneeCanon Anelva Corporation
InventorsSanjay Shinde, Yoshimitsu Kodaira, Taroh Furumochi
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Abstract
Process and apparatus for fabricating a magnetic device is provided. Magnetic and/or nonmagnetic layers in the device are etched by a mixed gas of a hydrogen gas and an inert gas such as N2 with using a mask of non-organic material such as Ta. As results, in a studied example, a MTJ taper angle is nearly vertical.
Claims7
A process of fabricating a magnetic device comprising:
- preparing a structure including at least one magnetic layer or diamagnetic layer;
- and
- processing the structure by a plasma of a mixed gas of a hydrocarbon gas and an inert gas to dry-etch the magnetic layer or diamagnetic layer using a mask of non-organic material.
Apparatus for fabrication a magnetic device comprising:
- a film forming unit for forming a magnetic layer or diamagnetic layer on a substrate;
- and
- a dry etching unit comprising plasma generating means provided with a chamber, a substrate holder within the chamber, gas introducing means for introducing a gas into the chamber, plasma generating means for generating a plasma of gas, bias application means for extracting ions from the gas plasma and directing the extracted ions to the substrate holder and a controller,
- wherein said controller controls the dry etching unit to introduce a mixed gas of a hydrogen gas and an inert gas into the chamber by the gas introducing means, generates the plasma of the introduced gas by the plasma generating means and extract inert ions from the gas plasma and directs the extracted inert gas to the substrate holding means.
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