摘要:
Self-referenced magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell (1) comprising a magnetic tunnel junction (2) including a sense layer (21); a storage layer (23) having a storage magnetization (230); a tunnel barrier layer (22) comprised between the sense and the storage layers (21, 23); and an antiferromagnetic layer (24) exchange-coupling the storage layer (23) such that the storage magnetization (230) can be pinned when the antiferromagnetic layer (24) is below a critical temperature and freely varied when the antiferromagnetic layer (24) is heated at or above the critical temperature; said sense layer (21) comprising a first sense layer (211) having a first sense magnetization (213), a second sense layer (212) having a second sense magnetization (214) and spacer layer (215) between the first and second sense layers (211, 212). The MRAM cell can be read with low power consumption.
摘要:
An apparatus includes a circuit and a field line. The circuit includes a magnetic tunnel junction including a storage layer and a sense layer. The field line is configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input signal, where the magnetic tunnel junction is configured such that a magnetization direction of the sense layer and a resistance of the magnetic tunnel junction vary based on the magnetic field. The circuit is configured to amplify the input signal to generate an output signal that varies in response to the resistance of the magnetic tunnel junction.
摘要:
The present disclosure concerns a magnetoresistive element (1) comprising: a storage layer (21) having a first storage magnetostriction; a sense layer (23) having a first sense magnetostriction; a barrier layer (22) between and in contact with the storage and sense layer (21, 23); wherein the magnetoresistive element (1) further comprises a compensating ferromagnetic layer (25) having a second magnetostriction different from the first storage magnetostriction and/or sense magnetostriction, and adapted to compensate the first storage magnetostriction and/or the first sense magnetostriction so that a net magnetostriction of the storage layer (21) and/or sense layer (23) is adjustable between -10 ppm et +10 ppm or more negative than -10 ppm by adjusting a thickness of the compensating ferromagnetic layer (25). The present disclosure concerns also concerns a magnetic device comprising the magnetoresistive element.
摘要:
A magnetic logic unit (MLU) cell (1) for sensing magnetic fields, comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction (2) including a storage layer (23) having a storage magnetization (230, 234, 235), a sense layer (21) having a sense magnetization; a tunnel barrier layer (22) between the storage layer (23) and the sense layer (21); and a pining layer (24) pinning the storage magnetization (230, 234, 235) at a low threshold temperature and freeing it at a high threshold temperature (T H ); the sense magnetization (210) being freely alignable at the low and high threshold temperatures; the storage layer (23) inducing an exchange bias field (60) magnetically coupling the sense layer (21) such that the sense magnetization (210) tends to be aligned antiparallel or parallel to the storage magnetization (230, 234, 235); the tunnel barrier layer (22) being configured for generating an indirect exchange coupling (70) between the tunnel barrier layer (22) and the sense layer(21) providing an additional exchange bias field (71).
摘要:
An apparatus has magnetic logic units a logic circuit configured to receive a serial input bit stream at an input node. Individual bits of data from the serial input bit stream are serially written into individual magnetic logic units without buffering the serial input bit stream between the input node and the individual magnetic logic units. Individual bits of data from individual magnetic logic units are serially read to produce a serial output bit stream on an output node without buffering the serial output bit stream between the individual magnetic logic units and the output node.
摘要:
A self-referenced MRAM cell (1) comprises a first portion (2') of a magnetic tunnel junction (2) including a storage layer (23); a second portion (2") of the magnetic tunnel junction portion (2) including a tunnel barrier layer (22), a sense layer (21) and a seed layer (25); the seed layer (25) comprising a material having high spin-orbit coupling such that passing a sense current (32) along the plane of the sense layer (21) and/or seed layer (25) exerts a spin-orbit torque adapted for switching a sense magnetization (210) of the sense layer. A memory device comprising a plurality of the MRAM cells and a method for operating the memory device are also disclosed.