摘要:
A magnetoresistive effect element includes a nonmagnetic layer having mutually facing first and second surfaces. A reference layer is provided on the first surface and has a fixed magnetization direction. A magnetization variable layer is provided on the second surface, has variable magnetization direction, and has a planer shape including a rectangular part, a first projected part, and a second projected part. The rectangular part has mutually facing first and second longer sides and mutually facing first and second shorter sides. The first projected part projects from the first longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the first shorter side. The second projected part projects from the second longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the second shorter side.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive effect element includes a nonmagnetic layer having mutually facing first and second surfaces. A reference layer is provided on the first surface and has a fixed magnetization direction. A magnetization variable layer is provided on the second surface, has variable magnetization direction, and has a planer shape including a rectangular part, a first projected part, and a second projected part. The rectangular part has mutually facing first and second longer sides and mutually facing first and second shorter sides. The first projected part projects from the first longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the first shorter side. The second projected part projects from the second longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the second shorter side.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive effect element includes a nonmagnetic layer having mutually facing first and second surfaces. A reference layer is provided on the first surface and has a fixed magnetization direction. A magnetization variable layer is provided on the second surface, has variable magnetization direction, and has a planer shape including a rectangular part, a first projected part, and a second projected part. The rectangular part has mutually facing first and second longer sides and mutually facing first and second shorter sides. The first projected part projects from the first longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the first shorter side. The second projected part projects from the second longer side at a position shifted from the center toward the second shorter side.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive effect memory of an aspect of the present invention including a magnetoresistive effect element including a first magnetic layer having an invariable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, and an interlayer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a reading circuit which passes a pulse-shaped read current through the magnetoresistive effect element to read data stored in the magnetoresistive effect element, wherein the pulse width of the read current is shorter than a period from an initial state to a cooperative coherent precession movement of magnetizations included in the second magnetic layer.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer which includes a first surface and a second surface and has a first standard electrode potential, a second magnetic layer, a barrier layer which is provided between the second magnetic layer and the first surface of the first magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic cap layer which contacts the second surface of the first magnetic layer and is formed from an alloy of a first metal material and a second metal material, the first metal material having a second standard electrode potential lower than the first standard electrode potential, the second metal material having a third standard electrode potential higher than the first standard electrode potential.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer which includes a first surface and a second surface and has a first standard electrode potential, a second magnetic layer, a barrier layer which is provided between the second magnetic layer and the first surface of the first magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic cap layer which contacts the second surface of the first magnetic layer and is formed from an alloy of a first metal material and a second metal material, the first metal material having a second standard electrode potential lower than the first standard electrode potential, the second metal material having a third standard electrode potential higher than the first standard electrode potential.
摘要:
A superconducting element is disclosed which comprises a lower superconducting layer, an upper superconducting layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the lower and upper superconducting layers. The lower and upper superconducting layers are both form of a superconducting cuprate. The intermediate layer is formed of a layered cuprate containing in the crystal structure thereof multiple fluorite blocks represented by the formula:[B]AE.sub.2 (RE1.sub.1-y RE2.sub.y).sub.m+1 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.z(wherein [B] stands for a block layer, AE for an alkaline earth element, RE1 for at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanide elements and actinoid elements which form ions of valency of larger than 3, RE2 for at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanide elements which form ions of valency of 3 and yttrium, m for a number satisfying the expression m.gtoreq.2, y for a number satisfying the expression 0.ltoreq.y
摘要:
The number of read errors can be reduced, and a large read signal can be produced. A method of driving a magnetoresistive random access memory including memory cells, a state of which is switched between binary resistance values using a single kind of write pulses is proposed, the method comprising: selecting a memory cell; reading a resistance value, which is one of the binary resistance values, of the selected memory cell, the resistance value read being defined as a first resistance value; performing a first write operation on the selected memory cell using the write pulse to change the resistance value of the selected memory cell to the other of the binary resistance values; reading the other of the binary resistance values, which is defined as a second resistance value; comparing the second resistance value with the first resistance value, and determining data originally stored in the selected memory cell based on the comparison result; and performing a second write operation on the selected memory cell using the write pulse to change the second resistance value of the selected memory cell to the first resistance value.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer which includes a first surface and a second surface and has a first standard electrode potential, a second magnetic layer, a barrier layer which is provided between the second magnetic layer and the first surface of the first magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic cap layer which contacts the second surface of the first magnetic layer and is formed from an alloy of a first metal material and a second metal material, the first metal material having a second standard electrode potential lower than the first standard electrode potential, the second metal material having a third standard electrode potential higher than the first standard electrode potential.
摘要:
An imaging device comprises a select line, a first signal line crossing the select line, and a first pixel provided at a portion corresponding to a crossing portion of the select line and the first signal line, the first pixel comprising a first buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first bolometer film formed on the first buffer layer, made of a compound which undergoes metal-insulator transition, and generating a first temperature detection signal, a first switching element formed on the substrate, selected by a select signal from the select line, and supplying the first temperature detection signal to the first signal line, and a metal wiring connecting a top surface of the first bolometer film to the first switching element.