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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic memory device may include a lower electrode on a substrate, a memory element on the lower electrode, an upper electrode on the memory element, and a protection spacer enclosing a portion of a side surface of the lower electrode and protruding laterally from the side surface of the lower electrode. The protection spacer may have a bottom surface that is positioned at a level higher than that of a bottom surface of the lower electrode.