Spinel containing magnetic tunnel junction and method of making the same
US11176981B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/1675
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetoresistive memory device includes first electrode, a second electrode that is spaced from the first electrode, and a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction layer stack located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction layer stack includes a first texture-breaking nonmagnetic layer including a first nonmagnetic transition metal, a second texture-breaking nonmagnetic layer including a second nonmagnetic transition metal, a magnesium oxide dielectric layer located between the first and second texture-breaking nonmagnetic layers, a reference layer located between the first and second texture-breaking nonmagnetic layers, a free layer located between the first and second texture-breaking nonmagnetic layers, and a spinel layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, and including a polycrystalline spinel material having (001) texture along an axial direction extending between the reference layer and the free layer.
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