公开(公告)号：US07940592B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-10

申请号：US12326314

申请日：2008-12-02

申请人： Daniel Seymour Reed ,  Yon Lu ,  Song S. Xue ,  Dimitar V. Dimitrov ,  Paul E. Anderson

发明人： Daniel Seymour Reed ,  Yon Lu ,  Song S. Xue ,  Dimitar V. Dimitrov ,  Paul E. Anderson

IPC分类号： G11C7/00

CPC分类号： H01F10/329 ,  B82Y25/00 ,  G01R33/098 ,  G01R33/1284 ,  G11C11/1659 ,  G11C11/1673 ,  G11C11/1675 ,  H01F10/3254

摘要： Method and apparatus for using a uni-directional write current to store different logic states in a non-volatile memory cell, such as a modified STRAM cell. In some embodiments, the memory cell has an unpinned ferromagnetic reference layer adjacent a cladded conductor, a ferromagnetic storage layer and a tunneling barrier between the reference layer and the storage layer. Passage of a current along the cladded conductor induces a selected magnetic orientation in the reference layer, which is transferred through the tunneling barrier for storage by the storage layer. Further, the orientation of the applying step is provided by a cladding layer adjacent a conductor along which a current is passed and the current induces a magnetic field in the cladding layer of the selected magnetic orientation.

摘要翻译： 用于使用单向写入电流来存储非易失性存储器单元（诸如修改的STRAM单元）中的不同逻辑状态的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，存储器单元具有与包层导体相邻的未固定的铁磁参考层，铁磁存储层和参考层与存储层之间的隧道势垒。 沿着包层导体的电流的通过在参考层中引入选定的磁取向，该参考层通过隧道势垒传递，以通过存储层进行存储。 此外，施加步骤的取向由邻近导体的包层提供，电流通过该导体，并且电流在所选择的磁方向的包层中感应出磁场。