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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Vicki Wilson, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Guoqing Zhan, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Ray Buske, Saint Paul, MN (US);
James Chyi Lai, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Vicki Wilson, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Guoqing Zhan, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Ray Buske, Saint Paul, MN (US);
James Chyi Lai, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Northern Lights Semiconductor Corp., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conductive plug located in a planar dielectric layer, under GMR memory cells, are used to directly connect the lower ferromagnetic layer of one of the GMR memory cell and a conductive layer under the planar dielectric layer.