Verification on the extreme scalability of STT-MRAM without loss of thermal stability below 15 nm MTJ cell

Abstract

Scalability of interface driven perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (i-PMA) magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) has been improved down to 1X node which verifies STT-MRAM for future standalone memory. With developing a novel damage-less MTJ patterning process, robust magnetic and electrical performances of i-PMA MTJ cell down to 15 nm node could be achieved.