摘要:
A magnetic memory device includes a magnetization fixed layer provided above a semiconductor substrate surface and having a fixed magnetization direction. A first magnetization free layer is provided above the magnetization fixed layer, has variable magnetization direction, and has an easy magnetization axis extending along a plane intersecting the substrate surface and along a direction neither parallel nor perpendicular to the substrate surface. A second magnetization free layer is provided above the first magnetization free layer, has a magnetization that antiferromagnetically couples with the first magnetization free layer. A first write line is placed above and electrically connected to the second magnetization free layer, and extends in a direction that pierces the plane. A second write line faces the first and/or second magnetization free layer, and extends along the substrate surface and the plane and in a direction perpendicular to the first write line.
摘要:
A magnetic memory device includes a magnetization fixed layer provided above a semiconductor substrate surface and having a fixed magnetization direction. A first magnetization free layer is provided above the magnetization fixed layer, has variable magnetization direction, and has an easy magnetization axis extending along a plane intersecting the substrate surface and along a direction neither parallel nor perpendicular to the substrate surface. A second magnetization free layer is provided above the first magnetization free layer, has a magnetization that antiferromagnetically couples with the first magnetization free layer. A first write line is placed above and electrically connected to the second magnetization free layer, and extends in a direction that pierces the plane. A second write line faces the first and/or second magnetization free layer, and extends along the substrate surface and the plane and in a direction perpendicular to the first write line.
摘要:
A magnetic random access memory includes a bit line running in a first direction, a first word line running in a second direction different from the first direction, and a memory element having a magnetoresistive effect element including a fixed layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a recording layer having a reversible magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the fixed layer and the recording layer, the magnetization directions in the fixed layer and the recording layer being perpendicular to a film surface, and a heater layer in contact with the magnetoresistive effect element, the memory element being connected to the bit line, and formed to oppose a side surface of the first word line such that the memory element is insulated from the first word line.
摘要:
A magnetic random access memory includes a bit line running in a first direction, a first word line running in a second direction different from the first direction, and a memory element having a magnetoresistive effect element including a fixed layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a recording layer having a reversible magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the fixed layer and the recording layer, the magnetization directions in the fixed layer and the recording layer being perpendicular to a film surface, and a heater layer in contact with the magnetoresistive effect element, the memory element being connected to the bit line, and formed to oppose a side surface of the first word line such that the memory element is insulated from the first word line.
摘要:
A magnetic random access memory which is a memory cell array including a magnetoresistive effect element having a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a recording layer whose magnetization direction is reversible, and a non-magnetic layer provided between the fixed layer and the recording layer, wherein all conductive layers in the memory cell array arranged below the magnetoresistive effect element are formed of materials each containing an element selected from a group including W, Mo, Ta, Ti, Zr, Nb, Cr, Hf, V, Co, and Ni.
摘要:
A magnetic random access memory includes a first wiring, a second wiring formed above and spaced apart from the first wiring, a magnetoresistive effect element formed between the first wiring and the second wiring, formed in contact with an upper surface of the first wiring, and having a fixed layer, a recording layer, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the fixed layer and the recording layer, a metal layer formed on the magnetoresistive effect element and integrated with the magnetoresistive effect element to form stacked layers, a first side insulating film formed on side surfaces of the metal layer, the magnetoresistive effect element, and the first wiring, a first contact formed in contact with a side surface of the first side insulating film, and a third wiring formed on the metal layer and the first contact to electrically connect the magnetoresistive effect element and the first contact.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes n resistance change elements which are arranged in one cell, have a low-resistance state and a high resistance state, are connected in series or parallel, have different resistance values in the same resistance state, and change between the low-resistance state and the high-resistance state under different conditions, and a write circuit which is connected to one end of the n resistance change elements, and applies a pulse current m (1≦m≦n) times to the n resistance change elements during a write operation. Letting Im be a current value of an mth pulse current, condition I1>I2> . . . >Im holds.
摘要:
A resistance change memory includes a first interconnection, a second interconnection, a first resistance change element which has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first tunnel insulating film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first tunnel insulating film including a first trap region formed by introducing defects to trap holes or electrons, and the second electrode being connected to the first interconnection, and a first transistor whose current path has one end connected to the first electrode and the other end connected to the second interconnection.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device includes first to fourth resistance change elements sequentially arranged apart from each other in a first direction, a first electrode which connects one terminals of the first and second resistance change elements, a second electrode which connects one terminals of the third and fourth resistance change elements, a bit line which connects the other terminals of the second and third resistance change elements, first to fourth word lines respectively paired with the first to fourth resistance change elements, arranged apart from the first and second electrodes, and running in a second direction, a first current source which supplies a first electric current to a chain structure, when writing data in a selected element, and a second current source which supplies a second electric current to a selected word line which corresponds to the selected element, when writing the data in the selected element.
摘要:
A magnetic field H1 in the hard-axis direction and a magnetic field H2 in the easy-axis direction are caused to simultaneously act on a MTJ element having an ideal asteroid curve, thereby reversing the magnetizing direction of the storing layer of the MTJ element. When the actual asteroid curve shifts in the hard-axis direction by Ho, a corrected synthesized magnetic field ({right arrow over (H1)}+{right arrow over (H2)}+{right arrow over (Ho)}) is generated in write operation to reliably reverse the magnetizing direction. The corrected synthesized magnetic field can easily be generated by individually controlling a write word/bit line current on the basis of programmed setting data.