Title :
Study on micro-fabrication processes in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions
Author :
Maehara, H. ; Osada, Takenori ; Doi, M. ; Sakamoto, K. ; Tsunekawa, K. ; Djayaprawira, D.D. ; Kodaira, Y. ; Watanabe, N. ; Kubota, H. ; Fukushima, A. ; Otani, Y. ; Yuasa, S. ; Ando, K.
Author_Institution :
Anelva Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The effect of reactive ion etching (RIE) micro-fabrication process using methanol (CH3OH) gas on the magnetoresistance properties of CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) was investigated in this paper. The result has been compared with that of the MTJs etched with ion-milling method.
Keywords :
boron alloys; cobalt alloys; iron alloys; magnesium compounds; sputter etching; tunnelling magnetoresistance; Ta-CuN-Ta-Pt50Mn50-Co70Fe30-Ru-Co60Fe20B20-MgOCo60Fe20B20-Ta-Ru; ion milling; magnetic tunnel junctions; magnetoresistance; methanol gas; microfabrication; reactive ion etching; Lithography; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Magnetic tunneling; Methanol; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Sputter etching; Tunneling magnetoresistance;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2005. INTERMAG Asia 2005. Digests of the IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9009-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2005.1464200