Patent ID: 11903324
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the portions of the pinned layer, the tunnel barrier layer and the free layer to the non-conductive portion of the pinned layer, the non-conductive portion of the tunnel barrier layer and the non-conductive portion of the free layer, respectively, further includes converting a portion of the first electrode layer to a non-conductive portion of the first electrode layer, and
wherein removing the non-conductive portion of the pinned layer, the non-conductive portion of the tunnel barrier layer and the non-conductive portion of the free layer to form the patterned MTJ stack further includes removing the non-conductive portion of the first electrode layer.