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7498625 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof  
A ferroelectric capacitor including a bottom electrode ( 15 ), a ferroelectric film ( 16 ) and a top electrode ( 17 ) is covered with an interlayer insulating film ( 18 ). One end of the bottom...
7498179 Semiconductor device having ferroelectric material capacitor and method of making the same  
The present invention relates to the field of a semiconductor device having a ferroelectric material capacitor and method of making the same. The semiconductor device includes a capacitor having a...
7494825 Top contact alignment in semiconductor devices  
According to an example embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a lower electrode ( 316 ) disposed on an oxide layer ( 302 ), an upper electrode ( 320 ) disposed on the lower electrode, a...
7494866 Semiconductor device and related method of manufacture  
Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a related method of manufacture. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a conductive structure including contact regions and gate...
7494896 Method of forming magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices on thermally-sensitive substrates using laser transfer  
A method of forming a magnetic memory device on a substrate includes forming the memory device on a transparent substrate coated with a decomposable material layer subject to rapid heating...
7491994 Ferromagnetic memory cell and methods of making and using the same  
In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided. The first apparatus is a memory cell that includes (1) a semiconductor fin enclosure formed on an insulating layer of a substrate; and (2) a...
7488628 Methods for fabricating ferroelectric memory devices with improved ferroelectric properties  
Pursuant to embodiments of the present invention, ferroelectric memory devices are provided which comprise a transistor that is provided on an active region in a semiconductor substrate, and a...
7488514 Methods of forming barium strontium titanate layers  
A chemical vapor deposition method of forming a barium strontium titanate comprising dielectric layer. A substrate is positioned within a reactor. Barium and strontium are provided within the...
7488609 Method for forming an MgO barrier layer in a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device  
A method of forming a barrier layer of a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device by forming first and second MgO barrier layers by different sputtering methods, but in the same sputtering system...
7485473 Methods for forming semiconducting device with titanium nitride orientation layer  
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including the steps of: (a) forming a titanium layer above a substrate; (b) forming a barrier layer above the titanium layer; (c)...
7482176 Etch mask and method of forming a magnetic random access memory structure  
A method for forming an MRAM bit is described that includes providing a covering layer over an integrated circuit structure. In one embodiment, the covering layer includes tantalum. A first mask...
7482175 Method of manufacturing substrate having periodically poled regions  
A current is observed while applying a gradually increasing voltage between electrodes formed front and rear surfaces of a substrate, and then poled regions are formed by applying a DC voltage,...
7482648 Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same  
In an electronic device, and a method of manufacturing the same, the electronic device includes a first substrate, a first lower capacitor on the first substrate, a first lower switching element on...
7479394 MgO/NiFe MTJ for high performance MRAM application  
An improved tunneling barrier layer is formed for use in a MTJ device. This is accomplished by forming the tunneling barrier layer in two steps. First a layer of magnesium is deposited by DC...
7476954 TMR device with Hf based seed layer  
A MTJ structure is disclosed in which the seed layer is made of a lower Ta layer, a middle Hf layer, and an upper NiFe or NiFeX layer where X is Co, Cr, or Cu. Optionally, Zr, Cr, HfZr, or HfCr may...
7476329 Methods for contacting conducting layers overlying magnetoelectronic elements of MRAM devices  
A method for contacting an electrically conductive layer overlying a magnetoelectronics element includes forming a memory element layer overlying a dielectric region. A first electrically...
7473565 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same  
A semiconductor device comprises a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a dielectric film provided between the bottom electrode and the top electrode and made of a perovskite type ferroelectrics...
7473950 Nitrogenated carbon electrode for chalcogenide device and method of making same  
A nitrogenated carbon electrode suitable for use in a chalcogenide device and method of making the same are described. The electrode comprises nitrogenated carbon and is in electrical communication...
7469461 Method for making a diaphragm unit of a condenser microphone  
A method for making a diaphragm unit of a condenser microphone includes the steps of: forming a liftoff layer on a substrate; forming an insulator diaphragm film on the liftoff layer; and removing...
7470963 Magnetoresistive element and magnetic memory  
There are provided a first reference layer, in which a direction of magnetization is fixed, and a storage layer including a main body, in which a length in an easy magnetization axis direction is...
7470552 Method for production of MRAM elements  
Magneto-resistive random access memory elements include a ferromagnetic layer having uniaxial anisotropy provided by elongate structures formed in the ferromagnetic film. The magnetic dipole aligns...
7470551 Spin transistor and manufacturing method thereof  
A spin transistor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes defining a required area on a substrate by lithography; forming a doping area by ion-implantation, and forming...
7468282 Tunneling magnetoresistive element, semiconductor junction element, magnetic memory and semiconductor light emitting element  
A pin junction element includes a ferromagnetic p-type semiconductor layer and a n-type semiconductor layer which are connected via an insulating layer, and which shows a tunneling magnetic...
7468905 Magnetic field shaping conductor  
An integrated circuit arrangement having at least one electrical conductor which, when a current flows through it, produces a magnetic field which acts on at least a further part of the circuit...
7465589 Multi-state magnetoresistance random access cell with improved memory storage density  
A multi-state magnetoresistive random access memory device having a pinned ferromagnetic region with a magnetic moment vector fixed in a preferred direction in the absence of an applied magnetic...
7465657 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a capacitor  
There is provided a semiconductor device that comprises a first impurity diffusion region formed on a silicon substrate (semiconductor substrate), a first interlayer insulating film (first...
7459318 Ferroelectric and high dielectric constant integrated circuit capacitors with three-dimensional orientation for high-density memories, and method of making the same  
A three-dimensional (ā€œ3-Dā€) memory capacitor comprises a bottom electrode, a ferroelectric thin film, and a top electrode that conform to a 3-D surface of an insulator layer. The capacitance...
7459361 Semiconductor device with ferroelectric capacitor and fabrication method thereof  
A semiconductor device fabrication method includes the steps of forming a conductive plug in an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate so as to be connected to an element on the substrate;...
7459739 Double density MRAM with planar processing  
The semiconductor industry seeks to replace traditional volatile memory devices with improved non-volatile memory devices. The increased demand for a significantly advanced, efficient, and...
7456029 Planar flux concentrator for MRAM devices  
The present invention provides an MRAM that includes a conductive line for generating a magnetic field. The latter is enhanced by the addition of a flux concentrator made from a single plane of...
7456030 Electroforming technique for the formation of high frequency performance ferromagnetic films  
A hybrid method of fabricating magnetic core elements of an on-chip inductor structure addresses issues associated with conventional bottom up and damascene magnetic core plating techniques. The...
7449345 Capping structure for enhancing dR/R of the MTJ device  
An MTJ in an MRAM array or in a TMR read head is comprised of a capping layer with a lower inter-diffusion barrier layer, an intermediate oxygen gettering layer, and an upper metal layer that...
7449346 Method of manufacturing ferroelectric thin film for data storage and method of manufacturing ferroelectric recording medium using the same method  
A method of manufacturing a ferroelectric thin film with good crystallinity and improved surface roughness includes: forming on a substrate a metal nitride-based precursor layer containing one...
7445943 Magnetic tunnel junction memory and method with etch-stop layer  
Methods and apparatus are provided for magnetoresistive memories employing magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The apparatus comprises a MTJ ( 61, 231 ), first ( 60, 220 ) and second ( 66, 236 )...
7445942 Process for manufacturing segmented MRAM array with patterned segmented magnetic shields  
A second shield layer, under the master shielding layer, is added to a segmented MRAM array. This additional shielding is patterned so as to provide one shield per bit slice. The placement of...
7439082 Conductive memory stack with non-uniform width  
A conductive memory stack is provided. The memory stack includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a multi-resistive state element that is sandwiched between the electrodes. The bottom...
7436700 MRAM memory cell having a weak intrinsic anisotropic storage layer and method of producing the same  
An MRAM memory cell is provided having a layer system made of circular-disk-shaped layers. The memory cell includes first and second magnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic intermediate layer....
7432114 Semiconductor device manufacturing method  
To provide a low-cost, efficient semiconductor device manufacturing method for connecting electrodes of a pair of bases (e.g., a pair of a semiconductor chip and a circuit board, or a pair of...
7432150 Method of manufacturing a magnetoelectronic device  
A method of manufacturing a magnetoelectronic device includes providing an electrically conducting material and an electrically insulating material adjacent to at least a portion of the...
7429493 Method for fabricating a magnetic head for perpendicular recording using a CMP lift-off and resistant layer  
A method using a CMP resistant hardmask in a process of fabricating a pole piece for a magnetic head is described. A set of layers used as the mask for milling the pole piece preferably includes a...
7427515 Electronic element including ferroelectric substance film and method of manufacturing the same  
A laminated film structure, method of manufacturing, and a preferable electronic element using the structure. The effective polarization into the electric field can be realized in the direction of...
7427559 Method of reducing the surface roughness of spin coated polymer films  
According to one aspect of the invention, a method of constructing a memory array is provided. An insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor wafer. A first metal stack is then formed on the...
7427514 Passivated magneto-resistive bit structure and passivation method therefor  
A passivated magneto-resistive bit structure is disclosed in which surfaces subjects to oxidation or corrosion are protected. In one embodiment, a bit structure is encapsulated by means of an etch...
7425456 Antiferromagnetic stabilized storage layers in GMRAM storage devices  
A giant magnetoresistive memory device includes a magnetic sense layer, a magnetic storage layer, a non-magnetic spacer layer between the magnetic sense layer and the magnetic storage layer, and an...
7422912 Magnetic memory device and methods for making same  
In one embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of magnetic data cells and a magnetic reference cell extending uninterrupted along more than one of the plurality of data cells.
7423286 Laser transfer article and method of making  
The present invention is directed to methods for transferring pre-formed electronic devices, such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, diodes, semiconductors, inductors, conductors, and...
7419579 Method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film  
A method for manufacturing a ferroelectric film includes the steps of causing, in a solution containing sol-gel raw materials, hydrolysis and polycondensation to the sol-gel raw materials to form a...
7419838 Method for one-way coupling an input signal to an integrated circuit  
A method for one-way coupling an input signal to an integrated circuit on a semiconductor chip with the integrated circuit electrically isolated from the input signal comprises forming a MOS...
7417227 Scanning interference electron microscope  
The conventional detection technique has the following problems in detecting interference fringes: (1) Setting and adjustment are complex and difficult to conduct; (2) A phase image and an...
7416905 Method of fabricating a magnetic shift register  
A magnetic data track used in a magnetic shift register memory system may be fabricated by forming a multilayered stack of alternating dielectric and/or silicon layers. A trench is etched in the...