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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Feng Yin, Hsinchu County, TW;
Tai-Yen Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
An-Shen Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Han-Ting Tsai, Kaoshiung, TW;
Qiang Fu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Te Lin, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate, including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) over the first region, a spacer on a sidewall of the MTJ, a hard mask over the MTJ, a first dielectric layer laterally surrounding the spacer and the hard mask, a top electrode over the hard mask, and an etch stop stack laterally surrounding the top electrode.