US 12,089,420 B2
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
Seung Pil Ko, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Yongjae Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,977.
Application 18/312,977 is a division of application No. 17/019,641, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,690,231.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0033457 (KR), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309322 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 61/22 (2023.02) [H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate that includes a first region and a second region;
a first lower conductive pattern on the first region of the substrate;
a second lower conductive pattern on the second region of the substrate;
a plurality of upper conductive patterns on the first lower conductive pattern and the second lower conductive pattern;
a memory cell on the first region of the substrate and serially connecting the first lower conductive pattern to one of the upper conductive patterns, the memory cell including a bottom electrode, a magnetic tunnel junction, and a top electrode; and
a through electrode on the second region of the substrate and connecting the second lower conductive pattern to another of the upper conductive patterns,
wherein:
a top surface of the first lower conductive pattern is at a level lower than a level of a top surface of the second lower conductive pattern, and
the bottom electrode has a lateral surface, a top surface in contact with the magnetic tunnel junction, and a connection surface between the lateral surface and the top surface, the connection surface being inclined relative to the lateral surface.