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Systems and methods for direct communication between magnetic tunnel junctions

US8634233B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

David J. Lilja · Maplewood, US
Jian-Ping Wang · Shoreview, US
Andrew P. Lyle · Boise, US
Shruti R. Patil · Santa Clara, US
Jonathan D. Harms · Boise, US
Xiaofeng Yao · Xi'an, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2012
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2213/81
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods that enable direct communications between magnetic tunnel junctions are provided. In one embodiment, a device includes multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions and an output magnetic tunnel junction. The multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions are connected in parallel, and the output magnetic tunnel junction is connected in series to the input magnetic tunnel junctions. In another embodiment, a device includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction, and a nano-magnetic channel. Each of the first and the second magnetic tunnel junctions has a free layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a fixed layer. The nano-magnetic channel connects the free layer of the first magnetic tunnel junction to the free layer of the second magnetic tunnel junction.

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