公开(公告)号：US20200212290A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16255754

申请日：2019-01-23

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Tai-Cheng Hou ,  Wei-Xin Gao ,  Fu-Yu Tsai ,  Chin-Yang Hsieh ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Bin-Siang Tsai ,  Kun-Ju Li ,  Chih-Yueh Li ,  Chia-Lin Lu ,  Chun-Lung Chen ,  Kun-Yuan Liao ,  Yu-Tsung Lai ,  Wei-Hao Huang

IPC: H01L41/47 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L43/02 ,  H01L21/768

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first ultra low-k (ULK) dielectric layer on the first MTJ; performing a first etching process to remove part of the first ULK dielectric layer and forming a damaged layer on the first ULK dielectric layer; and forming a second ULK dielectric layer on the damaged layer.

公开(公告)号：US20200176510A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16214127

申请日：2018-12-09

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chia-Chang Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Hung-Chan Lin ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: H01L27/22 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L21/321 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L43/12

Abstract: The disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device including a substrate having a memory cell region and an alignment mark region; a dielectric layer covering the memory cell region and the alignment mark region; conductive vias in the dielectric layer within the memory cell region; an alignment mark trench in the dielectric layer within the alignment mark region; and storage structures disposed on the conductive vias, respectively. Each of the storage structures includes a bottom electrode defined from a bottom electrode metal layer, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure defined from an MTJ layer, and a top electrode. A residual metal stack is left in the alignment mark trench. The residual metal stack includes a portion of the bottom electrode metal layer and a portion of the MTJ layer.

公开(公告)号：US12262646B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US18395646

申请日：2023-12-25

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Po-Kai Hsu ,  Ju-Chun Fan ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Yi-Yu Lin ,  Hung-Yueh Chen

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate and a metal interconnection in the first IMD layer, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a top electrode on the metal interconnection, forming a spacer adjacent to the MTJ and the top electrode, forming a second IMD layer around the spacer, forming a cap layer on the top electrode, the spacer, and the second IMD layer, and then patterning the cap layer to form a protective cap on the top electrode and the spacer.

公开(公告)号：US20250087559A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18381630

申请日：2023-10-18

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  I-Fan Chang ,  Jia-Rong Wu

IPC: H01L23/48 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L23/58

Abstract: A TSV structure includes a substrate. A through via penetrates the substrate. A copper layer fills the through via. A trench is embedded in the substrate and surrounds the copper layer, and a material layer fills the trench. The material layer includes W, Cr, Ir, Re, Zr, SiOC glass, hydrogen-containing silicon oxynitride, silicon oxide or spin-on glass.

公开(公告)号：US20240423095A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18815820

申请日：2024-08-26

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Po-Kai Hsu ,  Hung-Yueh Chen ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: H10N50/01 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a cap layer adjacent to the MTJ and extended to overlap a top surface of the MTJ, a top electrode on the MTJ, a metal interconnection under the MTJ, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ, and a second IMD layer around the metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer is adjacent to the top electrode and the MTJ and on the second IMD layer and a top surface of the cap layer is higher than a top surface of the first IMD layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240298547A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18122165

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Che-Wei Chang ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Po-Kai Hsu

IPC: H10N50/10 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/80

CPC classification number: H10N50/10 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L23/5283 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/80

Abstract: A magnetic random access memory structure includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom electrode layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; a spin orbit coupling layer disposed on the bottom electrode layer; a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element disposed on the spin orbit coupling layer; a top electrode layer disposed on the MTJ element; a protective layer surrounding the MTJ element and the top electrode layer, and the protective layer masking the spin orbit coupling layer; a mask layer surrounding the protective layer, and a spacer layer surrounding the mask layer and the protective layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240107890A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US17972569

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Jing-Yin Jhang

IPC: H01L43/12 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/02

CPC classification number: H01L43/12 ,  H01L27/222 ,  H01L43/02

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, forming a metal interconnection in the IMD layer, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection, and performing a trimming process to shape the MTJ. Preferably, the MTJ includes a first slope and a second slope and the first slope is less than the second slope.

公开(公告)号：US20240032439A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

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

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01

CPC classification number: H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240027550A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18376843

申请日：2023-10-05

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Che-Wei Chang ,  Si-Han Tsai ,  Ching-Hua Hsu ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: G01R33/09 ,  G11C11/02 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

CPC classification number: G01R33/093 ,  G01R33/098 ,  G11C11/02 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/10 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate, in which the MTJ stack includes a pinned layer on the substrate, a barrier layer on the pinned layer, and a free layer on the barrier layer. Next, a top electrode is formed on the MTJ stack, the top electrode, the free layer, and the barrier layer are removed, a first cap layer is formed on the top electrode, the free layer, and the barrier layer, and the first cap layer and the pinned layer are removed to form a MTJ and a spacer adjacent to the MTJ.

公开(公告)号：US20240023456A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US17887530

申请日：2022-08-15

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang

IPC: H01L43/12 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L43/08 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/02

CPC classification number: H01L43/12 ,  G11C11/161 ,  H01L43/08 ,  H01L27/222 ,  H01L43/02

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on a substrate, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the SOT layer, performing a first etching process to remove part of the MTJ stack, and then performing a second etching process to remove part of the MTJ stack for forming a MTJ.