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Memory device

US10516097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2015
Grant dateDec 24, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N50/85
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a memory device in which lower electrodes, a buffer layer, a seed layer, a magnetic tunnel junction, a capping layer, synthetic exchange diamagnetic layers, and an upper electrode are formed on a substrate in a laminated manner. According to the present invention, the lower electrodes and the seed layer are formed of a polycrystalline conductive material, and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic tunnel junction is maintained upon heat treatment at a high temperature of 400° C. or more.

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