COMBINED CMP AND RIE CONTACT SCHEME FOR MRAM APPLICATIONS
A method is presented for establishing a top contact to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device, the method including selectively etching, via a first etching process, an oxide layer to expose a top surface of a nitride layer of a dummy fill shape and selectively etching, via a second etching proces...
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Zusammenfassung: | A method is presented for establishing a top contact to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device, the method including selectively etching, via a first etching process, an oxide layer to expose a top surface of a nitride layer of a dummy fill shape and selectively etching, via a second etching process, a top portion of the nitride layer of the dummy fill shape to expose a top surface thereof. The method further includes selectively etching, via the second etching process, the oxide layer to expose a top surface of a nitride layer of the MTJ device, and selectively etching, via the first etching process, a top portion of the nitride layer of the MTJ device to expose a top surface thereof such that a height of the MTJ device is approximately equal to a height of the dummy fill shape. |
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