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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shravana Kumar Katakam, Lehi, UT (US);
Ashim Dutta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Chih-Chao Yang, Glenmont, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack and an upper word line of the MTJ stack surrounding vertical side surfaces of the MTJ stack. A semiconductor device including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack and an upper word line for the MTJ stack surrounding vertical side surfaces and an upper surface of a reference layer of the MTJ stack. A method including forming a forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack and forming a dielectric encapsulation layer surrounding vertical side surfaces of a top electrode, a free layer, a tunneling barrier, a reference layer and a bottom electrode of the MTJ stack.