DRY ETCH STOP PROCESS FOR ELIMINATION ELECTRICAL SHORTING IN MRAM DEVICE STRUCTURES

The present invention relates generally to semiconductor fabrication and particularly to fabricating magnetic tunnel junction devices. In particular, this invention relates to a method for using the dielectric layer in tunnel junctions as an etch stop layer to eliminate electrical shorting that can...

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1. Verfasser:	DITIZIO ROBERT
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention relates generally to semiconductor fabrication and particularly to fabricating magnetic tunnel junction devices. In particular, this invention relates to a method for using the dielectric layer in tunnel junctions as an etch stop layer to eliminate electrical shorting that can result from the patterning process.