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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Gregory Costrini, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
John Hummel, Millbrook, NY (US);
Kia-Seng Low, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cell is disclosed, which alleviates the problem of Neel coupling caused by roughness in the interface between the tunnel junction layer and the magnetic layers. The method includes depositing first and second barrier layers on the conductor, wherein the first barrier layer has a polish rate different from that of the second barrier layer. The second barrier layer is then essentially removed by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), leaving a very smooth and uniform first barrier layer. When the magnetic stack is then formed on the polished first barrier layer, interfacial roughness is not translated to the tunnel junction layer, and no corruption of magnetization is experienced.