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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Manfred Ruehrig, Eckental, DE;
Inventor:
Manfred Ruehrig, Eckental, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetoresistive memory cell includes a tunnel barrier region between first and second electrode devices. The first electrode device includes a natural antiferromagnet region. A diffusion barrier region is formed in the first electrode device and serves as a chemical and/or physical transformation region of a surface region or interface region between the tunnel barrier region and the natural antiferromagnet region.