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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Daeeun Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Daeeun Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A device that includes a magnetic memory device, includes a magnetic tunnel junction pattern on a substrate and a mask structure on the magnetic tunnel junction pattern. The mask structure includes a conductive pattern and a sacrificial pattern, where the conductive pattern is between the magnetic tunnel junction pattern and the sacrificial pattern, and the sacrificial pattern includes a material having an etch selectivity with respect to the conductive pattern. The device includes an upper contact plug in contact with a surface of the conductive pattern of the mask structure. The device includes a lower interlayered insulating layer covering a cell region and a peripheral circuit region of the substrate, where the lower interlayered insulating layer on the cell region has a recessed top surface between adjacent magnetic tunnel junction patterns.