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公开(公告)号:US20220310697A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-29
申请号:US17228720
申请日:2021-04-13
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hui-Lin Wang , Si-Han Tsai , Ching-Hua Hsu , Chen-Yi Weng , Po-Kai Hsu
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a memory area and a logic circuit area thereon, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a second interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate. An embedded memory cell structure is disposed within the memory area between the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer. The second interlayer dielectric layer includes a first portion covering the embedded memory cell structure within the memory area and a second portion covering the logic circuit area. A top surface of the first portion is coplanar with a top surface of the second portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20220302374A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-22
申请号:US17835986
申请日:2022-06-09
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 magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), including a bottom electrode layer on a substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction stack on the bottom electrode layer, a top electrode layer on the magnetic tunnel junction stack, and a hard mask layer on said top electrode layer, wherein the material of top electrode layer is titanium nitride, a material of said hard mask layer is tantalum or tantalum nitride, and the percentage of nitrogen in the titanium nitride gradually decreases from the top surface of top electrode layer to the bottom surface of top electrode layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210399209A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US17463541
申请日:2021-08-31
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:US20210389394A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US16927918
申请日:2020-07-13
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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US10991878B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US16885233
申请日:2020-05-27
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Chen-Yi Weng , Jing-Yin Jhang , Hui-Lin Wang , Chin-Yang Hsieh
Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer is formed on a substrate. A cap layer is formed on the first IMD layer. A connection structure is formed on the substrate and penetrates the cap layer and the first IMD layer. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack is formed on the connection structure and the cap layer. A patterning process is performed to the MTJ stack for forming a MTJ structure on the connection structure and removing the cap layer. A second IMD layer is formed on the first IMD layer and surrounds the MTJ structure. The semiconductor device includes the substrate, the connection structure, the first IMD layer, the MTJ structure, and the second IMD layer. The dielectric constant of the first IMD layer is lower than the dielectric constant of the second IMD layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210111334A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
申请号:US17131767
申请日:2020-12-23
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 magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), including a bottom electrode layer on a substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction stack on the bottom electrode layer, and a top electrode layer on the magnetic tunnel junction stack, wherein the material of top electrode layer is titanium nitride, and the percentage of nitrogen in the titanium nitride gradually decreases from the top surface of top electrode layer to the bottom surface of top electrode layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10978391B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US15730744
申请日:2017-10-12
Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Chen-Yi Weng , Shih-Che Huang , Ching-Li Yang , Chih-Sheng Chang
IPC: H01L23/528 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/532 , H01L23/498
Abstract: A connection structure of a semiconductor device is provided in the present invention. The connection structure includes an interlayer dielectric, a top metal structure, and a passivation layer. The interlayer dielectric is disposed on a substrate. The top metal structure is disposed on the interlayer dielectric. The top metal structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion disposed on the bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a first sidewall, and the top portion includes a second sidewall. A slope of the first sidewall is larger than a slope of the second sidewall. The passivation layer is conformally disposed on the second sidewall, the first sidewall, and a top surface of the interlayer dielectric.
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公开(公告)号:US20210066579A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16589083
申请日:2019-09-30
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:US10916694B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-09
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: H01L43/08 , H01L41/47 , H01L21/768 , H01L43/02 , H01L21/762
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210020828A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US16531129
申请日:2019-08-05
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 magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), including a bottom electrode layer on a substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction stack on the bottom electrode layer, and a top electrode layer on the magnetic tunnel junction stack, wherein the material of top electrode layer is titanium nitride, and the percentage of nitrogen in the titanium nitride gradually decreases from the top surface of top electrode layer to the bottom surface of top electrode layer.
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