Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-referenced MRAM cell and magnetic field sensor comprising the self-referenced MRAM cell
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Application No.: US15516098Application Date: 2015-09-24
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Publication No.: US09905283B2Publication Date: 2018-02-27
- Inventor: Quentin Stainer
- Applicant: CROCUS Technology SA
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY SA
- Current Assignee: CROCUS TECHNOLOGY SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: EP14290298 20141003
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/072029 WO 20150924
- International Announcement: WO2016/050614 WO 20160407
- Main IPC: G11C11/16
- IPC: G11C11/16 ; G01R33/09

Abstract:
A self-referenced MRAM cell including a reference layer having a fixed reference magnetization, a sense layer having a free sense magnetization, a tunnel barrier, a biasing layer having bias magnetization and a biasing antiferromagnetic layer pinning the bias magnetization in a bias direction when MRAM cell is at temperature equal or below a bias threshold temperature. The bias magnetization is arranged for inducing a bias field adapted for biasing the sense magnetization in a direction opposed to the bias direction, such that the biased sense magnetization varies linearly in the presence of the external magnetic field, when the external magnetic field is oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the one of the reference magnetization. The present disclosure further concerns a magnetic field sensor including a plurality of the self-referenced MRAM cell and a method for programming the magnetic field sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170243625A1 SELF-REFERENCED MRAM CELL AND MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR COMPRISING THE SELF-REFERENCED MRAM CELL Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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