Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Mingyuan Song

Shy-Jay Lin

Chien-Min Lee

Yen-Lin Huang

William Joseph Gallagher

Wilman Tsai

Hiroki Noguchi

William J Gallagher

Chwen Yu

Tung Ying Lee

Yu-Fang Chiu

Cheng-Wei Peng

Chen-Yu Hu

Chao-Chung Huang

Kuan-Hao Chen

Chia-Chin Tsai

Chi-Feng Pai

A device is provided that includes a semiconductor substrate on which a free magnetic element is positioned, which has first and second magnetic domains separated by a domain wall. A first magnet is positioned on the substrate near a first end of the free magnetic element, and has a first polarity and a first value of coercivity. A second magnet is positioned on the substrate near a second end of the free magnetic element, and has a second polarity, antiparallel relative to the first polarity, and a second value of coercivity different from the first value of coercivity.

Semiconductor device with asymmetrical pinned magnets, and method of manufacture

Semiconductor device includes pair of active devices, composite spin Hall electrode, and a magnetic tunnel junction. Composite spin Hall electrode is electrically connected to pair of active devices. Magnetic tunnel junction is disposed on opposite side of composite spin hall electrode with respect to pair of active devices. Spin Hall electrode includes pair of heavy metal layers, and spacer layer disposed in between pair of heavy metal layers. Pair of heavy metal layers is made of a heavy metal in a metastable state. Spacer layer comprises first material different from the pair of heavy metal layers.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device

A magnetic memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, a spin-orbit torque (SOT) induction wiring disposed over the MTJ stack, a first terminal coupled to a first end of the SOT induction wiring, a second terminal coupled to a second end of the SOT induction wiring, and a selector layer coupled to the first terminal.

Magnetic device and magnetic random access memory

A magnetic memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, a spin-orbit torque (SOT) induction wiring disposed over the MTJ stack, a first terminal coupled to a first end of the SOT induction wiring, a second terminal coupled to a second end of the SOT induction wiring, and a shared selector layer coupled to the first terminal.

SOT-MRAM with shared selector

A device includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first transistor that includes a first gate over a first protrusion and a first source region and a first drain region interposing the first protrusion, a first buried contact disposed adjacent to the first protrusion and having at least a portion extending into the substrate, a first contact plug disposed over the first drain region, first conductive lines disposed over the first contact plug and electrically connecting to the first drain region by the first contact plug, first via penetrating through the substrate and connecting the first buried contact; and second conductive lines disposed over the second side of the substrate and electrically connecting to the first via. The first buried contact is electrically connecting to the first source region or the first gate.

Semiconductor device and method for forming the same

The disclosure is directed to spin-orbit torque ('SOT') magnetoresistive random-access memory (“MRAM”) (“SOT-MRAM”) structures and methods. A new structure of the SOT channel has one or more magnetic insertion layers superposed or stacked with one or more heavy metal layer(s). Through proximity to a magnetic insertion layer, a surface portion of a heavy metal layer is magnetized to include a magnetization. The magnetization within the heavy metal layer enhances spin-dependent scattering, which leads to increased transverse spin imbalance.

Magnetic tunnel junction structures and related methods

A method includes depositing a first dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, depositing a first electrode layer over the first dielectric layer, etching the first electrode layer to form a first electrode and a second electrode laterally separated from the first electrode, depositing a Spin Orbit Torque (SOT) material on the first electrode and the second electrode, depositing Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) layers on the SOT material, depositing a second electrode layer on the MTJ layers, etching the SOT material to form a SOT layer extending from the first electrode to the second electrode, etching the MTJ layers to form an MTJ stack on the SOT layer, and etching the second electrode layer to form a top electrode on the MTJ stack.

Semiconductor MRAM device and method

A memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a spin Hall electrode (SHE). The MTJ includes a free layer, a reference layer and a barrier layer lying between the free layer and the reference layer. The SHE is in contact with the MTJ, and configured to convert a charge current to a spin current for programming the MTJ. The SHE is formed of an alloy comprising at least one heavy metal element and at least one light transition metal element. The heavy metal element is selected from metal elements with one or more valence electrons filling in 5d orbitals, and the light transition metal element is selected from transition metal elements with one or more valence electrons partially filling in 3d orbitals.

Memory device and manufacturing method thereof

A device includes a spin orbit coupling layer and a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) stack. The MTJ stack includes a dielectric layer over the spin orbit coupling layer, a free layer over the dielectric layer, a tunnel barrier layer over the free laver, and a reference layer over the tunnel barrier layer. The spin orbit coupling layer extends beyond edges of the MTJ stack in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction.

SOT MRAM having dielectric interfacial layer and method forming same

A spin-orbit-torque (SOT) magnetic device includes a bottom metal layer, a first magnetic layer, as a magnetic free layer, disposed over the bottom metal layer, a spacer layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer disposed over the spacer layer. The first magnetic layer includes a lower magnetic layer, a middle layer made of nonmagnetic layer and an upper magnetic layer.

A spin-orbit-torque (SOT) magnetic device includes a bottom metal layer, a first magnetic layer disposed over the bottom metal layer, a spacer layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer disposed over the spacer layer. A diffusion barrier layer for suppressing metal elements of the first magnetic layer from diffusing into the bottom metal layer is disposed between the bottom metal layer and the first magnetic layer.

A magnetic memory device includes a spin-orbit torque (SOT) induction structure which may be strained and seedless and formed with a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack is disposed over the SOT induction structure. A spacer layer may decouple layers between the SOT induction structure and the MTJ stack or decouple layers within the MTJ stack. One end of the SOT induction structure may be coupled to a first transistor and another end of the SOT induction structure coupled to a second transistor.

Strained ferromagnetic hall metal SOT layer

The disclosure is directed to spin-orbit torque ('SOT') magnetoresistive random-access memory ('MRAM') (&#x201c;SOT-MRAM&#x201d;) structures and methods. A SOT channel of the SOT-MRAM includes multiple heavy metal layers and one or more dielectric dusting layers each sandwiched between two adjacent heavy metal layers. The dielectric dusting layers each include discrete molecules or discrete molecule clusters of a dielectric material scattered in or adjacent to an interface between two adjacent heavy metal layers.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Mingyuan Song