摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element is disclosed. The magnetoresistive element includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer, a storage layer. The storage layer includes a first region and a second region provided outside the first region to surround the first region, the second region including element included in the first region and another element being different from the element. The magnetoresistive element further includes a cap layer including a third region and a fourth region provided outside the third region to surround the third region, the fourth region including an element included in the third region and the another element.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a magnetoresistance effect element having a structure in which a first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer are stacked, wherein the third magnetic layer comprises a first region and a plurality of second regions, and each of the second regions is surrounded by the first region, has conductivity, and has a greater magnetic property than the first region.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes first, second and third magnetic layers, and first and second nonmagnetic layers. The third magnetic layer has stack layers including a first stack layer close to the second magnetic layer, and a second stack layer far from the second magnetic layer. Each of the first and second stack layers includes a first layer made of a ferromagnetic material and a second layer made of a nonmagnetic material, and a first ratio of a film thickness of the first layer to that of the second layer in the first stack layer is higher than a second ratio of a film thickness of the first layer to that of the second layer in the second stack layer.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element is disclosed. The magnetoresistive element includes a reference layer. The reference layer includes a first region, and a second region provided outside the first region to surround the same. The second region contains an element contained in the first region and another element being different from the element. The magnetoresistive element further includes a storage layer, and a tunnel barrier layer provided between the reference layer and the storage layer. The storage layer is free from the another element.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory is disclosed. The memory includes a conductive layer containing a first metal material, a stacked body above the conductive layer, and including a first magnetization film containing a second metal material, a second magnetization film, and a tunnel barrier layer between the first magnetization film and the second magnetization film, and an insulating layer on a side face of the stacked body, and containing an oxide of the first metal material. The first magnetization film and/or the second magnetization film includes a first region positioned in a central portion, and a second region positioned in an edge portion and containing As, P, Ge, Ga, Sb, In, N, Ar, He, F, Cl, Br, I, Si, B, C, O, Zr, Tb, S, Se, or Ti.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element is disclosed. The element includes a first magnetic film, a second magnetic film, and a first nonmagnetic layer formed between the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film. The second magnetic film includes a first magnetic layer formed on a side of the first nonmagnetic layer, a second magnetic layer formed on a side opposite to the first nonmagnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer formed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and containing TiN.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element is disclosed. The magnetoresistive element includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer, a storage layer. The storage layer includes a first region and a second region provided outside the first region to surround the first region, the second region including element included in the first region and another element being different from the element. The magnetoresistive element further includes a cap layer including a third region and a fourth region provided outside the third region to surround the third region, the fourth region including an element included in the third region and the another element.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element according to an example of the present invention has a stacked structure comprised first and second ferromagnetic layers and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between these ferromagnetic layers, and a planar shape of at least one of the first and second ferromagnetic layers has a shape formed by combining two or more parts each having a shape of a character C.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive element according to an example of the present invention has a stacked structure comprised first and second ferromagnetic layers and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between these ferromagnetic layers, and a planar shape of at least one of the first and second ferromagnetic layers has a shape formed by combining two or more parts each having a shape of a character C.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium has a substrate, and a servo signal recording magnetic layer whose magnetization is oriented in a direction perpendicular to a surface thereof, a non-magnetic layer and a data recording magnetic layer, which are stacked on the substrate in the order mentioned. The servo signal recording magnetic layer has a coercivity higher than that of the data recording magnetic layer. The servo signal recording magnetic layer has servo tracks formed with a track pitch Tps, the servo tracks adjacent to each other in a track width direction being magnetized to opposite directions perpendicular to the film surface.