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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Chanro Park, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Koichi Motoyama, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Hsueh-Chung Chen, Cohoes, NY (US);
Yann Mignot, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Daniel Worledge, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.02); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02);
Abstract
A memory structure including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure and a top electrode that are both formed without utilizing ion beam etching is provided. The MTJ structure, which includes a lower magnetic stack, a tunnel barrier layer and an upper magnetic stack, is pyramidal shaped, and end portions of the lower magnetic stack of the MTJ structure are devoid of the tunnel barrier layer and the upper magnetic stack.