- Patent Title: Magnetic logic units configured to measure magnetic field direction
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Application No.: US14552302Application Date: 2014-11-24
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Publication No.: US09267816B2Publication Date: 2016-02-23
- Inventor: Bertrand F. Cambou , Douglas J. Lee , Ken Mackay , Barry Hoberman
- Applicant: Crocus Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Crocus Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Crocus Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Cooley LLP
- Main IPC: G01D5/12
- IPC: G01D5/12 ; G01B7/30 ; G01R33/09 ; G01C17/02 ; G01D5/16

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150077095A1 Magnetic Logic Units Configured to Measure Magnetic Field Direction Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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