Patent ID: 7259025

Claim:
A method of fabricating a conductive line of a magnetic memory device, the method comprising: providing a workpiece having at least one magnetic memory cell formed thereon; encapsulating the at least one magnetic memory cell within a first insulating layer, the at least one magnetic memory cell comprising an electrical contact disposed thereon; exposing the electrical contact of the at least one magnetic memory cell at a top surface of the first insulating layer; forming a plating seed layer upon the first insulating layer and the electrical contact over the at least one magnetic memory cell; forming a mask over the plating seed layer, leaving an unmasked region above the at least one magnetic memory cell; plating a first conductive line in the unmasked region, including over the at least one magnetic memory cell; removing the mask, exposing portions of the plating seed layer; removing the portions of the plating seed layer exposed by removing the mask; and forming a ferromagnetic liner over at least the first conductive line.