United Microelectronics Corp.

Rai-Min Huang

Ya-Huei Tsai

Yu-Ping Wang

Jia-Rong Wu

I-Fan Chang

I-Ming Tseng

Hung-Yueh Chen

Tong-Jyun Huang

Kuan-Hsien Li

Chen-Hua Tsai

Sheng-Huei Dai

Chen-Ming Huang

Hui-Lin Wang

Shih-Hung Tsai

Chih-Wei Yang

Chia-Chang Hsu

Chien-Ting Lin

Chun-Hsien Lin

Cheng-Guo Chen

Jian-Cun Ke

Duan Quan Liao

Yikun Chen

Xiao Zhong Zhu

Kun-Yuan Lo

En-Chiuan Liou

Ssu-I Fu

Ching-Wen Hung

Jing-Yin Jhang

Chia-Lin Hsu

Po-Kai Hsu

Chia-Lin Lu

Chien-Ming Lai

Che-Hua Hsu

Yi-Wen Chen

Yu-Ruei Chen

Po-Cheng Huang

Yu-Ting Li

Chung-Liang Chu

Wen-An Liang

Chia-Hsun Tseng

Chih-Hsien Tang

Yi-Liang Liu

Wu-Sian Sie

Chia-Ching Lin

Chi-Hsuan Cheng

Chun-Hsiung Wang

Chueh-Fei Tai

Po-kai Hsu

A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate; forming a top electrode on the MTJ stack; performing a first patterning process to remove the MTJ stack along a first direction; and performing a second patterning process to remove the MTJ stack along a second direction to form MTJs on the substrate.

Method for fabricating semiconductor device

A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ, forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the first SOT layer, forming a second SOT layer on the IMD layer, forming a first hard mask on the second SOT layer, patterning the first hard mask along a first direction, and then patterning the first hard mask along a second direction.

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

A layout pattern for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first active region, a second active region, and a word line connecting region between the first active region and the second active region, a first gate pattern extending along a first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a second gate pattern extending along the first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) between the first gate pattern and the second pattern and within the word line connecting region, and a second MTJ between the first gate pattern and the second gate pattern in the first active region. Preferably, top surfaces of the first MTJ and the second MTJ are coplanar.

Layout pattern for magnetoresistive random access memory

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a logic region and a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) region, a MTJ on the MRAM region, a metal interconnection on the MTJ, and a blocking layer on the metal interconnection. Preferably, the blocking layer includes a stripe pattern according to a top view and the blocking layer could include metal or a dielectric layer.

Magnetoresistive random access memory having a blocking layer on metal interconnection

The present invention provides a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a metal interconnection on a substrate, in which a top view of the metal interconnection comprises a quadrilateral; and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection, in which a top view of the MTJ comprises a circular shape, an area of the MTJ is smaller than an area of the metal interconnection.

Semiconductor device

The present invention provides a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a metal interconnection on a substrate, in which a top view of the metal interconnection comprises a quadrilateral; and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection, in which a top view of the MTJ comprises a circular shape.

Magnetoresistive random access memory and method for fabricating the same

A layout pattern of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region extending along a first direction on a substrate, a first contact plug extending along a second direction from the first diffusion region to the second diffusion region on the substrate, a first gate pattern and a second gate pattern extending along the second direction adjacent to one side of the first contact plug, and a third gate pattern and a fourth gate pattern extending along the second direction adjacent to another side of the first contact plug.

Layout pattern of magnetoresistive random access memory

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a first patterned mask on the first IMD layer, in which the first patterned mask includes a first slot extending along a first direction; forming a second patterned mask on the first patterned mask, in which the second patterned mask includes a second slot extending along a second direction and the first slot intersects the second slot to form a third slot; and forming a first metal interconnection in the third slot.

A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the steps of providing a substrate having a device region and an alignment mark region, forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate and a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, forming a conductive via in the second dielectric layer on the device region, forming a mask layer on the second dielectric layer, etching the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer through an opening of the mask layer on the alignment mark region to form a first trench through the second dielectric layer and an upper portion of the first dielectric layer and a plurality of second trenches in the first dielectric layer directly under the first trench. Afterward, a memory stack structure is formed on the second dielectric layer, covering the conductive via and filling into the first trench and the second trenches.

Semiconductor structure and method for forming the same

A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a logic region and a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) region, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the MRAM region, forming a metal interconnection on the MTJ, forming a dielectric layer on the metal interconnection, patterning the dielectric layer to form openings, and forming the blocking layer on the patterned dielectric layer and the metal interconnection and into the openings.

A layout pattern for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first active region, a second active region, and a word line connecting region between the first active region and the second active region and a gate pattern extending from the first active region to the second active region, in which the gate pattern includes a H-shape according to a top view. Preferably, the gate pattern includes a first gate pattern extending along a first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a second gate pattern extending along the first direction from the first active region to the second active region, and a third gate pattern connecting the first gate pattern and the second gate pattern along a second direction.

A semiconductor structure is provided in the present invention, including a substrate having a device region and an alignment mark region defined thereon, a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, a conductive via formed in the dielectric layer on the device region, a first trench formed in the dielectric layer on the alignment mark, a plurality of second trenches formed in the dielectric layer directly under the first trench and exposed from a bottom surface of the first trench, and a memory stacked structure disposed on the dielectric layer, directly covering a top surface of the conductive via and filling into the first trench and the second trench.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an array of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), an array of first dummy MTJs, and an array of second dummy MTJs. The substrate includes an array region defined thereon, and the array region includes at least an outermost corner. The array of MTJs is disposed in the array region. The array of the first dummy MTJs is disposed along the outermost corner of the array region. The array of the second dummy MTJs is disposed around the array region and the array of first dummy MTJs.

Semiconductor device with magnetic tunnel junction

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