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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

May. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Woojin Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Keewon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jaewoo Jeong, San Jose, CA (US);

Stuart S. P. Parkin, San Jose, CA (US);

Mahesh Govind Samant, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a magnetic memory device that includes a magnetic tunnel junction layer including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first tunnel barrier layer between the first and second magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer is disposed on the first tunnel barrier layer and is in direct contact with the first tunnel barrier layer. The second magnetic layer includes cobalt-iron-beryllium (CoFeBe). A beryllium content of CoFeBe in the second magnetic layer ranges from about 2 at % to about 10 at %.


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