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US 6,787,372 B1Granted
Method for manufacturing MTJ cell of magnetic random access memory
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsKye Nam Lee, In Woo Jang, Young Jin Park
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Abstract
The present invention discloses methods for manufacturing MTJ cell of MRAM wherein two annealing process with different magnitudes of applied magnetic fields are performed. In accordance with the method, the formation process of second pinned magnetic layer comprises a first annealing process and a second annealing process, wherein a magnitude of a magnetic field applied during the first annealing process being larger than that of a magnetic field applied during the second annealing process.
Claims3
A method for manufacturing MTJ cell of MRAM comprising:
- forming a metal layer for connection layer connected to a semiconductor substrate through a lower insulating layer;
- forming a first pinned magnetic layer on the metal layer;
- forming a second pinned magnetic layer on the metal layer, wherein a first annealing process and a second annealing process are performed in sequence with a first and a second magnetic fields applied respectively, the magnitude of the first magnetic field being larger than that of the second magnetic field;
- sequentially forming a tunneling barrier layer, a free magnetic layer and a MTJ capping layer on the second pinned magnetic layer;
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- patterning the MTJ capping layer, the free magnetic layer, the tunneling barrier layer, the first and second pinned magnetic layers using a MTJ cell mask to form a MTJ cell.
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