IP Library Patent Application 14645254
Patent Application
App. No. 14/645,254

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETORESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF THE SAME

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14/645,254
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory device includes forming a first magnetic layer on a substrate, forming a cap layer on the first magnetic layer, heating a base including the cap layer after the cap layer is formed, forming a nonmagnetic layer on the cap layer while the base is heated, cooling the base including the nonmagnetic layer after the nonmagnetic layer is formed, and forming a second magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer after the base is cooled.

Claims (56)

1 . A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory device, the method comprising:

forming a first magnetic layer on a substrate;

forming a cap layer on the first magnetic layer;

heating a base including the cap layer at a first temperature after the cap layer is formed;

forming a nonmagnetic layer on the cap layer; and

forming a second magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the heating the base is heating the substrate by a hotplate on which the substrate is laid.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the heating the base is emitting infrared radiation toward the cap layer.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

heating the base including the first magnetic layer at a second temperature lower than the first temperature before the cap layer is formed.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the cap layer and the nonmagnetic layer are formed by sputtering in a same chamber.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the cap layer is nonmagnetic.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein

the cap layer and the nonmagnetic layer are of a same material.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

one of the first and second magnetic layers is a storage layer and other one of the layers is a reference layer, and

the nonmagnetic layer is a tunnel barrier layer.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the cap layer is oxide or nitride including at least one of Si, Ba, Ca, La, Mn, Zn, Hf, Ta, Ti, B, Cu, Cr, V, Mg, and Al.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the base including the nonmagnetic layer is cooled after the nonmagnetic layer is formed and before the second magnetic layer is formed.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the heating at the first temperature is continued while the nonmagnetic layer is formed.

12 . The method of claim 4 , wherein

the heating at the second temperature is continued while the cap layer is formed.

13 . The method of claim 4 , wherein

the second temperature is equal to or lower than 200° C.

14 . A manufacturing apparatus of a magnetoresistive memory device, the apparatus comprising:

a first sputtering chamber to form a first magnetic layer on a substrate;

a second sputtering chamber to sequentially form a cap layer and a nonmagnetic layer on the first magnetic layer, the second sputtering chamber comprising a heating mechanism; and

a transfer chamber to transfer the substrate between the chambers.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising:

a cooling chamber to cool the substrate on which the cap layer and the nonmagnetic layer are formed.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the heating mechanism is a hotplate provided on a side of a stage on which the substrate is laid.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the heating mechanism is a lamp which emits infrared radiation.

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the heating mechanism heats the substrate on which the first magnetic layer and the cap layer are formed.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the heating mechanism is configured to set a first temperature at which the cap layer is formed and a second temperature at which the nonmagnetic layer is formed to be different from each other, and

the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.

20 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein

the first sputtering chamber is configured to form a second magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer on the substrate cooled by the cooling chamber.

21 . The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising:

a third sputtering chamber to form the second magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer on the substrate cooled by the cooling chamber.

22 . A manufacturing apparatus of a magnetoresistive memory device, the apparatus comprising:

a sputtering chamber to form a magnetic layer and a nonmagnetic layer on a substrate;

a heating chamber to heat the substrate; and

a transfer chamber to transfer the substrate between the chambers.

23 . The apparatus of claim 22 , further comprising:

a cooling chamber to cool the substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2016
From: SAWADA, KAZUYA; NAGASE, TOSHIHIKO; EEH, YOUNGMIN; UEDA, KOJI; WATANABE, DAISUKE; NAGAMINE, MAKOTO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 038177/0397 →