Patent · US Active

Scalable orthogonal spin transfer magnetic random access memory devices with reduced write error rates

US9773837B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
79References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 2015
Grant dateSep 26, 2017
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

A magnetic device includes a pinned polarizing magnetic layer having a magnetic vector parallel to a plane of the pinned polarizing magnetic layer. The magnetic device also includes a free layer, separated from the polarizing magnetic layer by a first non-magnetic layer, having a magnetization vector with a changeable magnetization direction. The changeable magnetization vector is configured to change to a first state upon application of a first current of a first polarity and to change to a second state upon application of a second current of a second, opposite polarity. The magnetic device also has a reference layer having a magnetic vector perpendicular to the plane of the reference layer and separated from the free layer by a second non-magnetic layer.

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