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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Jun-Yao Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Huang Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Cho Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/10 (2023.02); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02);
Abstract
A memory device includes a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, a top electrode, and a sidewall spacer. The MTJ stack is over the bottom electrode. The top electrode is over the MTJ stack. The sidewall spacer laterally surrounds the MTJ stack and the top electrode. The sidewall spacer has an outermost sidewall laterally set back from an outermost sidewall of the bottom electrode.