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- 专利标题: STRAM with compensation element and method of making the same
- 专利标题(中): STRAM具有补偿元素和制作方法
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申请号: US13477200申请日: 2012-05-22
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公开(公告)号: US08508005B2公开(公告)日: 2013-08-13
- 发明人: Kaizhong Gao , Haiwen Xi , Wenzhong Zhu , Olle Heinonen
- 申请人: Kaizhong Gao , Haiwen Xi , Wenzhong Zhu , Olle Heinonen
- 申请人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 专利权人: Seagate Technology LLC
- 当前专利权人: Seagate Technology LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 代理机构: Mueting Raasch & Gebhardt PA
- 主分类号: H01L21/66
- IPC分类号: H01L21/66 ; G01R33/02 ; G01C11/14
摘要:
A spin-transfer torque memory unit includes a free magnetic layer having a magnetic easy axis; a reference magnetic element having a magnetization orientation that is pinned in a reference direction; an electrically insulating and non-magnetic tunneling barrier layer separating the free magnetic layer from the magnetic reference element; and a compensation element adjacent to the free magnetic layer. The compensation element applies a bias field on the magnetization orientation of the free magnetic layer. The bias field is formed of a first vector component parallel to the easy axis of the free magnetic layer and a second vector component orthogonal to the easy axis of the free magnetic layer. The bias field reduces a write current magnitude required to switch the direction of the magnetization orientation of the free magnetic layer.
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