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Optimized free layer for spin torque magnetic random access memory

US8283741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 2010
Grant dateOct 9, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F10/329
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tunnel junction stack that includes a pinned magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed of magnesium oxide (MgO), and a free magnetic layer formed adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer and of a material having a magnetization perpendicular to an MgO interface of the tunnel barrier layer and with a magnetic moment per unit area within a factor of 2 of approximately 2 nanometers (nm)×300 electromagnetic units per cubic centimeter (emu/cm3).

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