发明申请
- 专利标题: Magnetic Logic Units Configured to Measure Magnetic Field Direction
- 专利标题(中): 配置用于测量磁场方向的磁逻辑单元
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申请号: US14552302申请日: 2014-11-24
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公开(公告)号: US20150077095A1公开(公告)日: 2015-03-19
- 发明人: Bertrand F. Cambou , Douglas J. Lee , Ken Mackay , Barry Hoberman
- 申请人: Crocus Technology Inc.
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
- 当前专利权人: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 主分类号: G01D5/12
- IPC分类号: G01D5/12 ; G01R33/09 ; G01C17/02
摘要:
An apparatus includes circuits, a field line configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input, a sensing module configured to determine a parameter of each circuit, and a magnetic field direction determination module configured to determine an angular orientation of the apparatus relative to an external magnetic field based on the parameter. Each circuit includes multiple magnetic tunnel junctions. Each magnetic tunnel junction includes a storage layer having a storage magnetization direction and a sense layer having a sense magnetization direction configured based on the magnetic field. Each magnetic tunnel junction is configured such that the sense magnetization direction and a resistance of the magnetic tunnel junction vary based on the external magnetic field. The parameter varies based on the resistances of the multiple magnetic tunnel junctions. The magnetic field direction determination module is implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device.
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