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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element is provided. The MTJ element includes a hard bias layer, a reference layer disposed over the hard bias layer, a tunnel barrier layer disposed over the reference layer, a free layer disposed over the tunnel barrier layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed over the free layer wherein the diffusion barrier layer comprises an amorphous and nonmagnetic film of a form X-Z, where X is Fe or Co and Z is Hf, Y, or Zr. The MTJ element in accordance with the present disclosure exhibits a low resistance desired for a low-power write operation, and a high TMR coefficient desired for a low bit-error-rate (BER) read operation.