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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Takeshi Kajiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Kajiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/228 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic random access memory includes a semiconductor substrate, an MTJ element formed from a perpendicular magnetization film and arranged above the semiconductor substrate, and a stress film including at least one of a tensile stress film arranged on an upper side of the MTJ element to apply a stress in a tensile direction with respect to the semiconductor substrate and a compressive stress film arranged on a lower side of the MTJ element to apply a stress in a compressive direction with respect to the semiconductor substrate.