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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Applicant:
International Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
David W. Abraham, Croton, NY (US);
John K. De Brosse, Colchester, VT (US);
Philip L. Trouilloud, Norwood, NJ (US);
Daniel C. Worledge, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/12 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermally assisted magnetic memory cell device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the magnetic tunnel junction, a conductive hard mask disposed on the second electrode and a parallel shunt path coupled to the magnetic tunnel junction, thereby electrically coupling the first and second electrodes.