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公开(公告)号:US11107615B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-31
申请号:US16069347
申请日:2018-02-22
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Tohru Oikawa , Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa , Tatsuo Shibata
Abstract: A magnetization rotational element includes a ferromagnetic metal layer, and a spin-orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction intersecting a lamination direction of the ferromagnetic metal layer and having the ferromagnetic metal layer positioned on one surface thereof, in which a direction of spin injected from the spin-orbit torque wiring into the ferromagnetic metal layer intersects a magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic metal layer, and a damping constant of the ferromagnetic metal layer is larger than 0.01.
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公开(公告)号:US11056641B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16578714
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Atsushi Tsumita , Yohei Shiokawa , Tomoyuki Sasaki
Abstract: A spin-orbit-torque magnetization rotational element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer; and a spin-orbit torque wiring in which a first surface faces the first ferromagnetic layer and a long axis extends in a first direction when viewed in plan view from a lamination direction of the first ferromagnetic layer, wherein the first surface spreads along a reference plane orthogonal to the lamination direction of the first ferromagnetic layer, the spin-orbit torque wiring contains a first virtual cross-section which passes through a first end of the first ferromagnetic layer in the first direction and is orthogonal to the first direction and a second virtual cross-section which passes through a second end of the first ferromagnetic layer in the first direction and is orthogonal to the first direction, and an area of the first virtual cross-section is different from an area of the second virtual cross-section.
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公开(公告)号:US10923649B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16413066
申请日:2019-05-15
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa
Abstract: There is provided a spin current magnetization rotation magnetoresistance effect element that can reduce generation of a magnetic field influencing other elements.
The spin current magnetization rotation magnetoresistance effect element in which a spin-orbit torque wiring layer, a first ferromagnetic layer, an antiferromagnetic coupling layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a magnetization reference layer are disposed in an order, wherein a magnitude of the product of the saturation magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer and the film thickness of the first ferromagnetic layer is larger than a magnitude of the product of the saturation magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer and the film thickness of the second ferromagnetic layer.-
公开(公告)号:US10593867B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
申请号:US16077570
申请日:2017-11-14
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Yohei Shiokawa , Tomoyuki Sasaki , Tohru Oikawa
Abstract: A spin current magnetization rotational element includes: a first ferromagnetic metal layer having a variable magnetization direction; and a spin orbital torque wiring which is joined to the first ferromagnetic metal layer and extends in a direction crossing a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first ferromagnetic metal layer, wherein the spin orbital torque wiring is constituted of a non-magnetic material composed of elements of two or more kinds and a compositional proportion of the non-magnetic material has a non-uniform distribution between a first surface joined to the first ferromagnetic metal layer and a second surface located on a side opposite to the first surface.
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公开(公告)号:US10205088B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US15711506
申请日:2017-09-21
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa , Atsushi Tsumita
Abstract: A magnetic memory including a plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements that hold information, each including a first ferromagnetic metal layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a second ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers; a plurality of first control elements that control reading of the information, wherein each of the plurality of first ferromagnetic metal layers is connected to a first control element; a plurality of spin-orbit torque wiring lines that extend in a second direction intersecting with a first direction which is a stacking direction of the magnetoresistance effect elements, wherein each of the second ferromagnetic metal layers is joined to one spin-orbit torque wiring line; a plurality of second control elements that control electric current flowing through the spin-orbit torque wiring lines.
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公开(公告)号:US12035639B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US18113747
申请日:2023-02-24
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa
Abstract: A spin-current magnetization rotational element includes a spin orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction and a first ferromagnetic layer disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the spin orbit torque wiring, the spin orbit torque wiring having a first surface positioned on the side where the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the spin orbit torque wiring has a second region on the first surface outside a first region in which the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, the second region being recessed from the first region to the second surface side.
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公开(公告)号:US11974507B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US17288612
申请日:2019-03-28
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Atsushi Tsumita , Yohei Shiokawa
CPC classification number: H10N52/80 , H10N52/01 , G11C11/161 , H10B61/22 , H10N50/10
Abstract: A storage element includes a first ferromagnetic layer; a second ferromagnetic layer; a nonmagnetic layer interposed between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer in a first direction; a first wiring that extends in a second direction different from the first direction and together with the nonmagnetic layer sandwiches the first ferromagnetic layer in the first direction; and an electrode that together with the nonmagnetic layer sandwiches the second ferromagnetic layer in at least a part in the first direction, wherein the electrode is in contact with at least a part of a lateral side surface of the second ferromagnetic layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11756600B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17288036
申请日:2019-02-06
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Yohei Shiokawa
CPC classification number: G11C11/161 , G11C11/1675 , G11C11/18 , H01F10/329 , H10N50/10 , H10N50/85 , H10N52/80 , H10B61/00
Abstract: A spin-orbit torque magnetization rotational element includes a first ferromagnetic layer and a spin-orbit torque wiring facing the first ferromagnetic layer and extending in a first direction. The spin-orbit torque wiring has a plurality of atomic planes in which atoms are arranged and the plurality of atomic planes have reference surfaces in which the same atoms are arranged and a buckling surface having a buckling part. The buckling surface has a plurality of first atoms forming a main surface substantially parallel to the reference surfaces and one or more second atoms forming a buckling part bent toward the main surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11751488B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US16981310
申请日:2020-01-24
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Kosuke Hamanaka , Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa
Abstract: A spin element according to the present embodiment includes a wiring, a laminate including a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring, a first conductive part and a second conductive part with the first ferromagnetic layer therebetween in a plan view in a lamination direction, and an intermediate layer which is in contact with the wiring and is between the first conductive part and the wiring, wherein a diffusion coefficient of a second element including the intermediate layer with respect to a first element including the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of a third element constituting the first conductive part with respect to the first element or a diffusion coefficient of the third element including the first conductive part with respect to the second element constituting the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of the third element with respect to the first element constituting the intermediate layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11545618B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US16959690
申请日:2020-01-24
Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
Inventor: Tomoyuki Sasaki , Yohei Shiokawa
Abstract: A spin element includes a wiring, a laminated body including a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring, a first conductive part and a second conductive part which sandwich the first ferromagnetic layer in a plan view in a laminating direction, and a first high resistance layer which is in contact with the wiring between the first conductive part and the wiring and has an electrical resistivity equal to or higher than that of the wiring.
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