Self-Aligned Contacting Processes for the 80 nm p-MTJ Device Fabrication by Wet Approach

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In this work, a novel process integration scheme for p-MTJ devices’ passivation and contacting was proposed. The method can efficiently protect the ferromagnetic metals and the magnesium oxide which are the key building block of p-MTJs, and effectively make electrical contact with the interconnect metals for p-MTJs. The scheme consists of passivation of p-MTJs with dual dielectrics - silicon nitride and silicon oxide, followed by planarization and selective wet etch. The proposed integration scheme was successfully demonstrated with 80 nm size p-MTJ devices.

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Solid State Phenomena (Volume 282)

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152-157

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August 2018

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