Abstract:
A magnetic storage element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic thin wire extending in a first direction and having a plurality of magnetic domains partitioned by domain walls; an electrode capable of applying a current flowing in the first direction and a current flowing in the opposite direction from the first direction, to the magnetic thin wire; and an assisting unit receiving an electrical input and assisting movement of the domain walls in an entire or part of the magnetic thin wire.
Abstract:
Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and program methods thereof, an integrated circuit memory system includes a memory array comprising at least one magnetic track, each of the at least one magnetic track including a plurality of magnetic domains and at least one read/write unit coupled thereto, decoding circuitry coupled to the memory array that is operable to select at least one of the magnetic domains, a read/write controller coupled to the memory array that is operable to read data from at least one of the plurality of magnetic domains and to write data to at least one of the plurality of magnetic domains via the at least one read/write unit coupled to each of the at least one magnetic track, and a domain controller coupled to memory array that is operable to move data between the magnetic domains on each of the at least one magnetic track.
Abstract:
An information storage element includes a strip-shaped ferromagnetic material layer; a first electrode disposed at a first end of the ferromagnetic material layer; and a second electrode disposed at a second end of the ferromagnetic material layer, wherein a current-induced domain wall motion is caused by applying a current between the first electrode and the second electrode, in the ferromagnetic material layer, a magnetization state is written into a magnetization region as information or a magnetization state is read from a magnetization region as information, a magnetization direction in each magnetization region is parallel to a direction of the thickness of the ferromagnetic material layer, and at the time of writing information or reading information, a temperature distribution that monotonically decreases from the second end of the ferromagnetic material layer to the first end thereof is generated in the ferromagnetic material layer.
Abstract:
A method of storing one or more bits of information comprising: forming a magnetic bubble; and storing a said bit of information encoded in a typology of a domain wall of said magnetic bubble. Preferably a bit is encoded using a symmetric topological state of the domain wall and a topological state including at least one winding rotation of a magnetisation vector of the domain wall. Preferably the magnetic bubble is confined in an island of magnetic material, preferably of maximum dimension less than 1 μm.
Abstract:
Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and program methods thereof. an integrated circuit memory system includes a memory array comprising at least one magnetic track, each of the at least one magnetic track including a plurality of magnetic domains and at least one read/write unit coupled thereto, decoding circuitry coupled to the memory array that is operable to select at least one of the magnetic domains, a read/write controller coupled to the memory array that is operable to read data from at least one of the plurality of magnetic domains and to write data to at least one of the plurality of magnetic domains via the at least one read/write unit coupled to each of the at least one magnetic track, and a domain controller coupled to memory array that is operable to move data between the magnetic domains on each of the at least one magnetic track.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a magnetic wire having a plurality of magnetic domains, wherein the magnetic wire comprises a magnetic domain wall that is moved by either a pulse field or a pulse current. The magnetic wire of the semiconductor device does not require an additional notch since the magnetic wire includes a magnetic domain wall, the moving distance of which is controlled by a pulse field or a pulse current.
Abstract:
An information storage element includes a strip-shaped ferromagnetic material layer; a first electrode disposed at a first end of the ferromagnetic material layer; and a second electrode disposed at a second end of the ferromagnetic material layer, wherein a current-induced domain wall motion is caused by applying a current between the first electrode and the second electrode, in the ferromagnetic material layer, a magnetization state is written into a magnetization region as information or a magnetization state is read from a magnetization region as information, a magnetization direction in each magnetization region is parallel to a direction of the thickness of the ferromagnetic material layer, and at the time of writing information or reading information, a temperature distribution that monotonically decreases from the second end of the ferromagnetic material layer to the first end thereof is generated in the ferromagnetic material layer.
Abstract:
A magnetic wire unit for storing information thereon includes a magnetic wire containing a material having an axis of easy magnetization, and extending in a first direction, the axis being switchable between the first direction and the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the magnetic wire being capable of holding a plurality of magnetic domains representing information. The magnetic wire unit includes a current supply unit for applying an electric current to the magnetic wire so as to move magnetic domain walls defining the magnetic domains in the magnetic wire.
Abstract:
A method of operating an information storage device using a magnetic domain wall movement in a magnetic nanowire is provided. The magnetic nanowire includes a plurality of magnetic domains and pinning sites formed in regions between the magnetic domains. The method includes depinning the magnetic domain wall from a first pinning site by applying a first pulse current having a first pulse current density to the magnetic nanowire and moving the magnetic domain wall to a second pinning site by applying a second pulse current having a second pulse current density to the magnetic nanowire. The first pulse current density is greater than the second pulse current density.
Abstract:
A magnetic racetrack memory device includes; a magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic domains partitioned by at least one magnetic domain wall, a current source applying current to the magnetic track sufficient to move the at least one magnetic domain wall and the plurality of magnetic domains along the magnetic track, a writing device disposed at a first location along the magnetic track and storing write data to the magnetic domains, a reading device disposed at a second location along the magnetic track and retrieving read data from the magnetic domains, and a write-back loop connecting the reading device and the writing device and communicating read data obtained by the reading device to the writing device.