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Patent No.:

US 12310250 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2022

Magnetic tunneling junction device and memory device including the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kwangseok Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kiwoong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Jeongchun Ryu, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Seonggeon Park, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Min Huang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01); H10N 50/85 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/10 (2023.02); G01R 33/098 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01F 10/3272 (2013.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02); H10N 50/85 (2023.02);
Abstract

Provided are a magnetic tunneling junction device having a relatively high tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio; and a memory device including the magnetic tunneling junction device. The magnetic tunneling junction device includes: a pinned layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a seed layer disposed in contact with the first surface of the pinned layer; a free layer disposed to face the second surface of the pinned layer; and a tunnel barrier layer disposed between the pinned layer and the free layer, wherein the seed layer includes at least one amorphous material selected from CoFeX and CoFeXTa, and the X includes at least one element selected from niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), chromium (Cr), zirconium (Zr), and hafnium (Hf). The seed layer may not include boron.

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