Patent ID: 8558297

Claim:
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) structure, comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack having a bottom electrode and a top electrode; a conductive extender electrically connected to the bottom electrode and having an extended portion laterally extending from the MTJ stack, the MTJ stack formed on a main portion of the conductive extender; a write wordline configured to control a magnetic state of the MTJ stack formed directly under the MTJ stack and the main portion of the conductive extender; a switching device operated using a read wordline, the switching device configured to read the magnetic state of the MTJ stack; an under-metal layer electrically coupled to the switching device and formed partially under the extending portion and partially under the main portion of the conductive extender; and a via structure directly connecting the extending portion to the under-metal layer, and formed directly and laterally adjacent to the write wordline.