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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yi Yang, Fremont, CA (US);

Dongna Shen, San Jose, CA (US);

Yu-Jen Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H01F 41/34 (2006.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H01F 10/3254 (2013.01); H01F 41/34 (2013.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02); H10B 61/00 (2023.02);
Abstract

A first conductive layer is patterned and trimmed to form a sub 30 nm conductive via on a first bottom electrode. The conductive via is encapsulated with a first dielectric layer and planarized to expose a top surface of the conductive via. A second conductive layer is deposited over the first dielectric layer and the conductive via. The second conductive layer is patterned to form a sub 60 nm second conductive layer wherein the conductive via and second conductive layer together form a T-shaped second bottom electrode. MTJ stacks are deposited on the T-shaped second bottom electrode and on the first bottom electrode wherein the MTJ stacks are discontinuous. A second dielectric layer is deposited over the MTJ stacks and planarized to expose a top surface of the MTJ stack on the T-shaped second bottom electrode. A top electrode contacts the MTJ stack on the T-shaped second bottom electrode plug.


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