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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 70/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 70/828 (2023.02); H10N 70/063 (2023.02); H10N 70/24 (2023.02); H10N 70/245 (2023.02); H10N 70/801 (2023.02); H10N 70/826 (2023.02); H10N 70/841 (2023.02); H10N 70/8833 (2023.02);
Abstract
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The structure includes a substrate and a data storage element over the substrate. The structure also includes a protective element extending into the data storage element. A bottom surface of the protective element is between a top surface of the data storage element and a bottom surface of the data storage element. The structure further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the data storage element and a second electrode electrically connected to the data storage element.