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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anthony J. Annunziata, Stamford, CT (US);
Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, New York, NY (US);
Gen P. Lauer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Adam M. Pyzyna, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a magnetoresistive structure is disclosed. The method includes forming a pillar structure including a magnetic tunnel junction on a substrate that includes a first electrode, depositing a stressed layer onto a pillar structure sidewall, and depositing a second electrode above the magnetic tunnel junction.