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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu City, TW;
Inventors:
Kuan-Hsiang Chen, Nantou County, TW;
Yi-Ching Wang, Taichung City, TW;
Wei Chen, Tainan City, TW;
Chia-Fu Cheng, Taipei City, TW;
Chun-Yao Yang, Kaohsiung City, TW;
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu City, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H10N 50/20 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01); H10N 50/85 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/80 (2023.02); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H10N 50/20 (2023.02); H10N 50/85 (2023.02);
Abstract
A magnetic memory device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack and a capping layer on the MTJ stack. The MTJ stack includes a reference layer, a tunneling barrier layer on the reference layer, and a free layer on the tunneling barrier layer. The capping layer includes a metal under layer that is in direct contact with the free layer, an oxide capping layer on the metal under layer, and a metal protection layer on the oxide capping layer.