THERMAL SPIN TORQURE TRANSFER MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

    公开(公告)号:US20140169080A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-19

    申请号:US13717079

    申请日:2012-12-17

    Abstract: A thermal spin torque transfer magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) apparatus includes a magnetic tunnel junction and a tunnel junction programming circuit. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a reference layer having a fixed magnetic polarity, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free layer on an opposite side of the tunnel barrier layer from the reference layer. The free layer includes a first layer having a first Curie temperature and a second layer having a second Curie temperature different from the first Curie temperature. The tunnel junction programming circuit is configured to apply a current through the magnetic tunnel junction to generate a write temperature in the magnetic tunnel junction and to write to the free layer of the magnetic tunnel junction.

Patent Agency Ranking