摘要:
A magnetoresistive element (2) comprising a reference layer (23), a ferromagnetic sense layer (21) having a free sense magnetization (210), and a tunnel barrier layer (22) between the reference layer (23) and the sense layer (21). The sense layer (21) comprises a first sense layer portion (211) in contact with the tunnel barrier layer (22) and a second sense layer portion (212) in contact with the first sense layer portion (211). The first sense layer portion (211) is configured such that a magnetic coupling between the first and second sense layer portions (211, 212) is between ±10 -4 J/m 2 and ±10 -3 J/m 2 ; and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) originating from the interface between the first sense layer portion (211) and the tunnel barrier layer (22) is between 8x10 4 A/m and 8x10 5 A/m, such as to shift positively the TCS of the magnetoresistive element (2) and compensate the negative temperature coefficient of TMR of the magnetoresistive element (2).
摘要:
Magnetoresistive element (2) comprising a reference layer (21) having a fixed reference magnetization (210), a sense layer (23) having a free sense magnetization (230) and a tunnel barrier layer (22) between the reference layer (21) and the sense layer (23); the magnetoresistive element (2) being configured to measure an external magnetic field (60) oriented substantially perpendicular to the plane of the layers (21, 23). The reference magnetization (210) being oriented substantially perpendicular to the plane of the reference layer (21). The sense magnetization (230) comprising a vortex configuration in the absence of an external magnetic field (60), the vortex configuration being substantially parallel to the plane of the sense layer (23) and having a vortex core (231) magnetization along an out-of-plane axis (50) substantially perpendicular to the plane of the sense layer (23).
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element (2) for a two-dimensional magnetic field sensor, comprising: a ferromagnetic reference layer (21) having a fixed reference magnetization (210), a ferromagnetic sense layer (23) having a sense magnetization (230) that can be freely oriented relative to the reference magnetization (210) in the presence of an external magnetic field, and a tunnel barrier layer (22) between the reference and sense ferromagnetic layers (21, 23); the reference layer (21) comprising a reference coupling layer (213) between a reference pinned layer (211) and a reference coupled layer (212); the reference coupled layer (212) comprising a first coupled sublayer (214) in contact with the reference coupling layer (213), a second coupled sublayer (215), a third coupled sublayer (217) and a insert layer (216) between the second and third coupled sublayers (215, 217); the insert layer (216) comprising a transition metal and has a thickness between about 0.1 and about 0.5 nm, and the thickness of the reference coupled layer (212) is between about 1 nm and about 5 nm.
摘要:
A MRAM-based magnetic device including an electrical interconnecting device including: a magnetic tunnel junction; a strap portion electrically connecting a lower end of the magnetic tunnel junction; a current line portion electrically connecting an upper end of the magnetic tunnel junction; an upper metallic stud electrically connecting a lower metallic stud through a via; the strap portion being in direct electrical contact with the via, such that a current passing in the magnetic tunnel junction flows directly between the strap portion and the via and between the via and the lower metallic stud or the upper metallic stud.
摘要:
The invention concerns a programmable magnetic device (1) for generating random numbers during a programming operation, comprising an array (10) of a plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions (2), each magnetic tunnel junction (2) comprising a reference layer (21) having a reference magnetization (210); a tunnel barrier layer (22); and a storage layer (23) having a storage magnetization (230); the programmable magnetic device (1) being arranged such that, during the programming operation, the storage magnetization (230) is orientable in an unstable magnetization configuration and relaxable randomly in one of a plurality of stable or metastable configurations from the unstable magnetization configuration.