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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Low magnetic moment materials for spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory devices
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Guohan Hu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/10 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetoresistive random access memory device (MRAM) device is described. The MRAM device has a stack arrangement in which a tunnel barrier layer is formed over a magnetizable reference layer, a metal layer is formed over the tunnel barrier layer, a free layer of a magnetizable material is formed over the metal layer, and an oxide layer is formed over the free layer as a cap layer. The resulting MRAM device has a thin free layer that exhibits a low magnetic moment.