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公开(公告)号:US12133474B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US18373295
申请日:2023-09-27
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Chen-Yi Weng , Chin-Yang Hsieh , Yi-Hui Lee , Ying-Cheng Liu , Yi-An Shih , Jing-Yin Jhang , I-Ming Tseng , Yu-Ping Wang , Chien-Ting Lin , Kun-Chen Ho , Yi-Syun Chou , Chang-Min Li , Yi-Wei Tseng , Yu-Tsung Lai , Jun Xie
Abstract: A method of fabricating magnetoresistive random access memory, including providing a substrate, forming a bottom electrode layer, a magnetic tunnel junction stack, a top electrode layer and a hard mask layer sequentially on the substrate, wherein a material of the top electrode layer is titanium nitride, a material of the hard mask layer is tantalum or tantalum nitride, and a percentage of nitrogen in the titanium nitride gradually decreases from a top surface of top electrode layer to a bottom surface of top electrode layer, and patterning the bottom electrode layer, the magnetic tunnel junction stack, the top electrode layer and the hard mask layer into multiple magnetoresistive random access memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US20240324472A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18679437
申请日:2024-05-30
Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Yu-Ping Wang , Chen-Yi Weng , Chin-Yang Hsieh , Si-Han Tsai , Che-Wei Chang , Jing-Yin Jhang
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region; a first MTJ on the MTJ region; a first metal interconnection on the logic region; and a cap layer extending from a sidewall of the first MTJ to a sidewall of the first metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer on the MTJ region and the cap layer on the logic region comprise different thicknesses.
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公开(公告)号:US20240268124A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18636306
申请日:2024-04-16
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Yu-Ping Wang , Chen-Yi Weng , Chin-Yang Hsieh , Yi-Hui Lee , Ying-Cheng Liu , Yi-An Shih , I-Ming Tseng , Jing-Yin Jhang , Chien-Ting Lin
CPC classification number: H10B61/00 , G11C11/161 , H10B61/10 , H10N50/01 , H10N50/80
Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer on the substrate, a plurality of memory stack structures on the first dielectric layer, an insulating layer conformally covering the memory stack structures and the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the insulating layer and filling the spaces between the memory stack structures, a first interconnecting structure through the second dielectric layer, wherein a top surface of the first interconnecting structure is flush with a top surface of the second dielectric layer and higher than top surfaces of the memory stack structures, a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer, and a plurality of second interconnecting structures through the third dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer and the insulating layer on the top surfaces of the memory stack structures to contact the top surfaces of the memory stack structures.
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公开(公告)号:US12052932B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US18132989
申请日:2023-04-11
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Jia-Rong Wu , Rai-Min Huang , I-Fan Chang , Ya-Huei Tsai , Yu-Ping Wang
Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a metal interconnection on a substrate, in which a top view of the metal interconnection comprises a quadrilateral; and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection, in which a top view of the MTJ comprises a circular shape.
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公开(公告)号:US12029044B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US18127651
申请日:2023-03-28
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Yu-Ping Wang , Chen-Yi Weng , Chin-Yang Hsieh , Yi-Hui Lee , Ying-Cheng Liu , Yi-An Shih , I-Ming Tseng , Jing-Yin Jhang , Chien-Ting Lin
CPC classification number: H10B61/00 , G11C11/161 , H10B61/10 , H10N50/01 , H10N50/80
Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a memory device region and a logic device region, a first dielectric layer on the substrate, a plurality of memory stack structures on the first dielectric layer on the memory device region, an insulating layer conformally covering the memory stack structures and the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the insulating layer and completely filling the spaces between the memory stack structures, and a first interconnecting structure formed in the second dielectric layer on the logic device region. A top surface of the first interconnecting structure is flush with a top surface of the second dielectric layer and higher than top surfaces of the memory stack structures.
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公开(公告)号:US11968911B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17518571
申请日:2021-11-03
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hung-Chan Lin , Yu-Ping Wang , Chien-Ting Lin
Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate; forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ stack; forming a first hard mask on the first SOT layer; and using a second hard mask to pattern the first hard mask, the first SOT layer, and the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.
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公开(公告)号:US11956973B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17369917
申请日:2021-07-07
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hung-Chan Lin , Yu-Ping Wang
Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ; forming a passivation layer around the MTJ; forming a second SOT layer on the first SOT layer and the passivation layer; and patterning the second SOT layer and the passivation layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11950513B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US17857185
申请日:2022-07-05
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Wei Chen , Po-Kai Hsu , Yu-Ping Wang , Hung-Yueh Chen
CPC classification number: H10N50/01 , H01F10/3254 , H01F10/329 , H10N50/80
Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a first metal interconnection and a second metal interconnection in the first IMD layer; forming a channel layer on the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection; forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the channel layer; and removing the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.
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公开(公告)号:US11944016B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17692203
申请日:2022-03-11
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hung-Chan Lin , Yu-Ping Wang , Hung-Yueh Chen
Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory, including a substrate, a conductive plug in the substrate, wherein the conductive plug has a notched portion on one side of the upper edge of the conductive plug, and a magnetic memory cell with a bottom electrode electrically connecting with the conductive plug, a magnetic tunnel junction on the bottom electrode and a top electrode on the magnetic tunnel junction, wherein the bottom surface of the magnetic memory cell and the top surface of the conductive plug completely align and overlap each other.
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公开(公告)号:US20240074209A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18500994
申请日:2023-11-02
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP
Inventor: Jia-Rong Wu , I-Fan Chang , Rai-Min Huang , Ya-Huei Tsai , Yu-Ping Wang
IPC: H10B61/00 , G11C11/16 , H01F10/32 , H01F41/34 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H10N50/01 , H10N50/80
CPC classification number: H10B61/00 , G11C11/161 , H01F10/3254 , H01F41/34 , H01L23/5226 , H01L23/528 , H10N50/01 , H10N50/80 , H10N50/85
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a logic region and a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) region, a MTJ on the MRAM region, a metal interconnection on the MTJ, and a blocking layer on the metal interconnection. Preferably, the blocking layer includes a stripe pattern according to a top view and the blocking layer could include metal or a dielectric layer.
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