Dry plasma etch method to pattern MRAM stack

S Tan, KIM Taeseung, W Yang, J Marks… - US Patent 9,806,252, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods of etching metal by depositing a material reactive with a metal to be etched and a
halogen to form a volatile species and exposing the substrate to a halogen-containing gas …

Integrating atomic scale processes: ALD (atomic layer deposition) and ALE (atomic layer etch)

KJ Kanarik, J Marks, H Singh, S Tan… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods are provided for integrating atomic layer etch and atomic layer deposition by
performing both processes in the same chamber or reactor. Methods involve sequentially …

Atomic layer etching for enhanced bottom-up feature fill

S Tan, KIM Taeseung, J Yu, P Nalla, N Tjokro… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
US9837312B1 - Atomic layer etching for enhanced bottom-up feature fill - Google Patents
US9837312B1 - Atomic layer etching for enhanced bottom-up feature fill - Google Patents Atomic …

Method for etching layer to be etched

M Hashimoto, T Sone, E Nishimura… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Provided is a method for etching an etching target layer of a workpiece. The workpiece has a
mask on the etching target layer. The etching target layer and the mask are formed from …

Magnetic tunnel junction patterning using low atomic weight ion sputtering

AJ Annunziata, R Kilaru, NP Marchack… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A method of magnetic tunnel junction patterning for magnetoresistive random access
memory devices using low atomic weight ion sputtering. The method includes: providing a …

Plasma etching method

D Fujita, M Suyama, N Yamamoto, M Ishimaru… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
In a plasma etching method of plasma-etching a sample which has a first magnetic film, a
second magnetic film disposed above the first magnetic film, a metal oxide film disposed …