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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Matsubara, Kanawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a multilayer wiring layer formed over the substrate, an MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element formed in an insulating layer located lower than an uppermost wiring layer in the multilayer wiring layer, a wiring formed in a wiring layer immediately above the MTJ element and coupled to the MTJ element, and a shield conductor region provided in the wiring or a wiring layer immediately above the wiring, and covering an entirety of the MTJ element in a plan view.