Patent · US Active

Magnetic device with exchange bias

US8767453B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

0References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Bernard Dieny · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR
Jerome Moritz · Voiron, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 2012
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C11/1675
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic device includes a magnetic layer having a variable direction of magnetization, and a first antiferromagnetic layer in contact with the magnetic layer, the first antiferromagnetic layer being able to trap the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer. The magnetic device also includes a layer made of a ferromagnetic material in contact with the first antiferromagnetic layer through its face opposite to the magnetic layer, the directions of magnetization of the magnetic and ferromagnetic layers being substantially perpendicular. A first layer among the magnetic and ferromagnetic layers has a magnetization, the direction of which is oriented in the plane of the first layer whereas the second of the two layers among the magnetic and ferromagnetic layers has a magnetization, the direction of which is oriented outside of the plane of the second layer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.