公开(公告)号：US11778920B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17738001

申请日：2022-05-05

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

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

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

CPC classification number: H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a cap layer adjacent to and directly contacting the MTJ, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ, a top electrode on the MTJ, a metal interconnection under the MTJ, and a second IMD layer around the metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer is a single layer structure made of dielectric material and an edge of the cap layer contacts the first IMD layer directly.

公开(公告)号：US20230309414A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18202275

申请日：2023-05-25

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

IPC: H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/80

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US11744160B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17064606

申请日：2020-10-07

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Ching-Wen Hung ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: H10N50/10 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

CPC classification number: H10N50/10 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10N50/01 ,  H10N50/80 ,  H10N50/85

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a substrate having a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) region and an edge region, forming an first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the substrate, and then forming a first MTJ and a second MTJ on the first IMD layer, in which the first MTJ is disposed on the MTJ region while the second MTJ is disposed on the edge region. Next, a second IMD layer is formed on the first MTJ and the second MTJ.

公开(公告)号：US20230247914A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

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

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

CPC classification number: H10N50/80 ,  H10B61/22 ,  H10N50/01

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.

公开(公告)号：US11715499B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17224153

申请日：2021-04-07

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Po-Kai Hsu ,  Hung-Yueh Chen ,  Kun-I Chou ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Hui-Lin Wang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: G11C5/06 ,  H10B61/00 ,  H10B63/00

CPC classification number: G11C5/063 ,  H10B61/22 ,  H10B63/80

Abstract: A MRAM structure, which is provided with multiple source lines between active areas, each source line has multiple branches electrically connecting with the active areas at opposite sides in alternating arrangement. Multiple word lines traverse through the active areas to form transistors. Multiple storage units are disposed between the word lines on the active areas in staggered array arrangement, and multiple bit lines electrically connect with storage units on corresponding active areas, wherein each storage cell includes one of the storage unit, two of the transistors respectively at both sides of the storage unit, and two branches of the source line.

公开(公告)号：US20230200256A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18108003

申请日：2023-02-09

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Chung-Liang Chu ,  Jian-Cheng Chen ,  Yu-Ping Wang ,  Yu-Ruei Chen

IPC: H10N50/80 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H10B61/00

CPC classification number: H10N50/80 ,  G11C11/161 ,  H01L27/0207 ,  H10B61/22

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an array region defined thereon, a ring of magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region surrounding the array region, a gap between the array region and the ring of MTJ region, and metal interconnect patterns overlapping part of the ring of MTJ region. Preferably, the array region includes a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) region and a logic region and the ring of MTJ region further includes a first MTJ region and a second MTJ region extending along a first direction and a third MTJ region and a fourth MTJ region extending along a second direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230084241A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17500971

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hung-Chan Lin ,  Yu-Ping Wang ,  Chien-Ting Lin

IPC: H01L43/14 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L43/04 ,  H01L43/06

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate, forming an etch stop layer on the MTJ stack, forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the etch stop layer, and then patterning the first SOT layer, the etch stop layer, and the MTJ stack to form a MTJ.

公开(公告)号：US11508904B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17308057

申请日：2021-05-05

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Yi-Wei Tseng ,  Chin-Yang Hsieh ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yi-Hui Lee ,  Ying-Cheng Liu ,  Yi-An Shih ,  I-Ming Tseng ,  Yu-Ping Wang

IPC: H01L43/02 ,  H01L43/12 ,  H01L29/82 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01L43/08 ,  G11C5/06 ,  H01L27/22

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first liner on the MTJ; forming a second liner on the first liner; forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the MTJ, and forming a metal interconnection in the IMD layer, the second liner, and the first liner to electrically connect the MTJ. Preferably, the first liner and the second liner are made of different materials.

公开(公告)号：US11374055B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16792271

申请日：2020-02-16

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Ya-Huei Tsai ,  Rai-Min Huang ,  Yu-Ping Wang ,  Hung-Yueh Chen

IPC: H01L27/22 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L43/02 ,  G11C11/16 ,  H01F10/32 ,  H01L43/10

Abstract: A layout pattern for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first active region, a second active region, and a word line connecting region between the first active region and the second active region and a gate pattern extending from the first active region to the second active region, in which the gate pattern includes a H-shape according to a top view. Preferably, the gate pattern includes a first gate pattern extending along a first direction from the first active region to the second active region, a second gate pattern extending along the first direction from the first active region to the second active region, and a third gate pattern connecting the first gate pattern and the second gate pattern along a second direction.

公开(公告)号：US20220059761A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17516669

申请日：2021-11-01

Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

Inventor： Hui-Lin Wang ,  Po-Kai Hsu ,  Hung-Yueh Chen ,  Chen-Yi Weng ,  Si-Han Tsai ,  Jing-Yin Jhang ,  Yu-Ping Wang

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

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor structure including a memory region and a logic region. The semiconductor structure includes a first interlayer dielectric and at least one magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cell disposed on the first interlayer dielectric, and the MRAM cell is disposed in the memory region; depositing a second interlayer dielectric covering the first interlayer dielectric and the at least one MRAM cell; depositing a mask layer conformally covering the second interlayer dielectric; perform a planarization process to remove the mask layer in the memory region; after the step of performing the planarization process, removing the mask layer in the logic region.