Magnetic domain wall displacement element, magnetic recording array, and semiconductor device

    公开(公告)号:US11790967B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17420053

    申请日:2020-05-15

    申请人: TDK CORPORATION

    摘要: A magnetic domain wall displacement element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer extending in a second direction and magnetically recordable, a nonmagnetic layer, and a first conductive part having a first intermediate layer and a second conductive part having a second intermediate layer, in which the first intermediate layer is sandwiched between first and second magnetization regions and exhibiting first and second magnetization directions, the second intermediate layer is sandwiched between a third magnetization region and exhibiting the second magnetization direction and a fourth magnetization region exhibiting the first magnetization direction in the first direction, and an area of the first magnetization region is larger than an area of the second magnetization region and an area of the third magnetization region is smaller than an area of the fourth magnetization region in a cross section in the first direction and the second direction.

    Differential amplifier schemes for sensing memory cells

    公开(公告)号:US11735234B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17557825

    申请日:2021-12-21

    摘要: Methods, systems, and devices for differential amplifier schemes for sensing memory cells are described. In one example, an apparatus may include a memory cell, a differential amplifier having a first input node, a second input node, and an output node that is coupled with the first input node via a first capacitor, and a second capacitor coupled with the first input node. The apparatus may include a controller configured to cause the apparatus to bias the first capacitor, couple the memory cell with the first input node, and generate, at the output node, a sense signal based at least in part on biasing the first capacitor and coupling the memory cell with the first input node. The apparatus may also include a sense component configured to determine a logic state stored by the memory cell based at least in part on the sense signal.

    ULTRALOW POWER INFERENCE ENGINE WITH EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20220108158A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17061798

    申请日:2020-10-02

    摘要: An MRAM-based vector multiplication device, such as can be used for inferencing in a neural network, is presented that is ultralow power, low cost, and does not require special on-chip programming. A crosspoint array has an MRAM cell at each crosspoint junction and periphery array circuitry capable of supplying independent input voltages to each word line and reading current on each bit line. Vector multiplication is performed as an in-array multiplication of a vector of input voltages with matrix weight values encoded by the MRAM cell states. The MRAM cells can be individually programmed using a combination of input voltages and an external magnetic field. The external magnetic field is chosen so that a write voltage of one polarity reduces the anisotropy sufficiently to align the cell state with the external field, but is insufficient to align the cell if only half of the write voltage is applied.

    Magnetoresistance effect element and magnetic memory

    公开(公告)号:US11264565B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16843708

    申请日:2020-04-08

    申请人: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

    摘要: An object of the invention is to provide a magnetoresistance effect element which includes a reference layer having three or more magnetic layers and which improves a thermal stability factor Δ by decreasing a write error rate using an element structure that enables a wide margin to be secured between a current at which magnetization of the reference layer is reversed and a writing current Ic of a recording layer and by reducing an effect of a stray magnetic field from the reference layer.
    The magnetoresistance effect element includes: a first recording layer (A1); a first non-magnetic layer (11); and a first reference layer (B1), wherein the first reference layer (B1) including n-number of a plurality of magnetic layers (21, 22, . . . , 2n) and (n−1)−number of a plurality of non-magnetic insertion layers (31, 32, . . . 3(n−1)) adjacently sandwiched by each of the plurality of magnetic layers, where n≥3.

    Resistive memory device including reference cell and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10964387B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16800081

    申请日:2020-02-25

    发明人: Artur Antonyan

    摘要: A resistive memory device according to an example embodiment of the inventive concepts includes: a cell array including a first section and a second section; a first column switch circuit connected to a memory cell and a reference cell of the first section through first bit lines; a second column switch circuit connected to a memory cell and a reference cell of the second section through second bit lines; and a column decoder configured to control the first and second column switch circuits such that one of the first bit lines connected to the memory cell and one of the second bit lines connected to the reference cell are selected according to a first column address, and one of the first bit lines connected to the reference cell and one of the second bit lines connected to the memory cell are selected according to a second column address.