摘要:
A storage element includes a storage layer having a magnetization perpendicular to a layer surface and storing information according to a magnetization state of a magnetic material; a fixed magnetization layer having the magnetization as a reference of the information of the storage layer and perpendicular to the layer surface; an interlayer formed of a nonmagnetic material and interposed between the storage layer and the fixed magnetization layer; a coercive force enhancement layer adjacent to the storage layer, opposite to the interlayer, and formed of Cr, Ru, W, Si, or Mn; and a spin barrier layer formed of an oxide, adjacent to the coercive force enhancement layer, and opposite to the storage layer. The storage layer magnetization is reversed using spin torque magnetization reversal caused by a current in a lamination direction of a layer structure including the storage layer, the interlayer, and the fixed magnetization layer, thereby storing information.
摘要:
There is disclosed a memory element including a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face and a magnetization direction thereof varies corresponding to information; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, wherein an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed with respect to the memory layer, a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer, and a Ta film is formed in such a manner that comes into contact with a face, which is opposite to the insulating layer side, of the magnetization-fixed layer.
摘要:
There is disclosed a memory element including a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face and a magnetization direction thereof varies corresponding to information; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, wherein the memory layer has a lamination structure of a Co—Fe—B layer and an element belonging to any one of 1A group, 2A group, 3A group, 5A group, or 6A group, an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed with respect to the memory layer, a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer.
摘要:
A storage element includes: a storage layer which has magnetization perpendicular to a film surface, the direction of the magnetization being changed in accordance with information; a magnetization fixed layer which has magnetization perpendicular to a film surface used as a base of information stored in the storage layer; and an insulating layer of a nonmagnetic substance provided between the storage layer and the magnetization fixed layer. In the storage element described above, the magnetization of the storage layer is reversed using a spin torque magnetization reversal generated by a current flowing in a lamination direction of a layer structure including the storage layer, the insulating layer, and the magnetization fixed layer to store information, the storage layer is directly provided with a layer at a side opposite to the insulating layer, and this layer includes a conductive oxide.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a memory device, including: a memory element including a memory layer for holding therein information in accordance with a magnetization state of a magnetic material, a fixed magnetization layer which is provided on the memory layer through a non-magnetic layer and whose direction of a magnetization is fixed to a direction parallel with a film surface, and a magnetic layer which is provided on a side opposite to the fixed magnetization layer relative to the memory layer through a non-magnetic layer and whose direction of a magnetization is a direction vertical to the film surface; and a wiring through which a current is caused to flow through the memory element in a direction of lamination of the layers of the memory element.
摘要:
A magnetic memory element includes a memory layer, a reference layer, and a spin-injection layer provided between the memory layer and the reference layer. The reference layer has a structure in which at least two CoPt layers containing 20 atomic % or more and 50 atomic % or less of Pt and having a thickness of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less are stacked with a Ru layer provided therebetween. The thickness of the Ru layer is 0.45±0.05 nm or 0.9±0.1 nm. In addition, the axis of 3-fold crystal symmetry of the CoPt layers is oriented perpendicularly to the film surface. The reference layer includes a high spin polarization layer of 1.5 nm or less containing Co or Fe as a main component at an interface with the spin-injection layer.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a storage apparatus including a cell array configured to include storage devices arranged to form an array. Each of the storage device has: a storage layer for storing information as the state of magnetization of a magnetic substance; a fixed-magnetization layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a tunnel insulation layer sandwiched between the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer. In an operation to write information on the storage layer, a write current is generated to flow in the layer-stacking direction of the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer in order to change the direction of the magnetization of the storage layer. The cell array is divided into a plurality of cell blocks. The thermal stability of the storage layer of any particular one of the storage devices has a value peculiar to the cell block including the particular storage device.
摘要:
A storage element includes: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material and include a perpendicular magnetization layer whose magnetization direction is in a direction perpendicular to a film plane, a non-magnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer that has an axis of easy magnetization along a direction in the film plane and has a magnetization direction inclined to a direction perpendicular to the film plane by an angle in a range from 15 degrees to 45 degrees, the storage layer being configured by stacking of the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer with intermediary of the non-magnetic layer and magnetic coupling between the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer; a magnetization pinned layer; and a non-magnetic intermediate layer.
摘要:
A storage element includes a storage layer which has magnetization perpendicular to its film surface and which retains information by a magnetization state of a magnetic substance, a magnetization pinned layer having magnetization perpendicular to its film surface which is used as the basis of the information stored in the storage layer, an interlayer of a non-magnetic substance provided between the storage layer and the magnetization pinned layer, and a cap layer which is provided adjacent to the storage layer at a side opposite to the interlayer and which includes at least two oxide layers. The storage element is configured to store information by reversing the magnetization of the storage layer using spin torque magnetization reversal generated by a current passing in a laminate direction of a layer structure including the storage layer, the interlayer, and the magnetization pinned layer.
摘要:
A display device comprises a display panel, a cooling unit cooling air in a casing containing the display panel, a fan unit generating an air flow in the casing, and a control unit controlling the cooling unit and the fan unit, and when the control unit deactivates the cooling unit, the control unit also deactivates the fan unit.