Abstract:
A magnetic tunnel junction (PSTTM) device includes a bottom electrode, a fixed magnet above the bottom electrode, a tunnel barrier disposed above the fixed magnet, a free magnet disposed on the tunnel barrier, an oxide layer disposed above the free magnet and a top electrode disposed above the oxide layer. In an embodiment, the oxide layer includes a stack of metal oxides, wherein the stack of metal oxides comprises a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide disposed on the first metal oxide, and wherein the first metal oxide comprises a metal different from a metal of the second metal oxide.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) including a free magnetic layer, a fixed magnetic layer, and a tunnel barrier layer between the free and fixed layers; the tunnel barrier layer directly contacting a first side of the free layer; and a first side of an oxide layer directly contacting a second side of the free layer; and a first side of an additional layer directly contacting a second side of the oxide layer; wherein the oxide layer includes a metal and the additional layer includes the metal. Other embodiments are described herein.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, the systems, methods, and apparatus disclosed herein are directed to reducing the effects of damping, for example, Gilbert damping, in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) devices, while maintaining the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) and/or the resistance area (RA) product of the pMTJ devices. In one embodiment, the Gilbert damping can be directly proportional to the switching current in pMTJ devices. Accordingly, because the systems, methods, and apparatus can reduce the Gilbert damping, the switching current can also be reduced the pMTJ devices. In one embodiment, a pMTJ device is disclosed, the device comprising a free layer that includes a multilayer including a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic oxide layer (for example, a metal oxide layer), and a second ferromagnetic layer can have a reduced spin pumping.
Abstract:
A spin transfer torque memory devices may be fabricated having a magnetic tunnel junction with manganese-based Heusler alloys as a fixed magnetic layer and a free magnetic layer, and with a tunnel barrier layer between the fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer, wherein the tunnel barrier layer is insensitive to the diffusion manganese. In one embodiment, the tunnel barrier layer may be a semiconducting Heusler alloy. In another embodiment, the tunnel barrier layer may be one of a cobalt/titanium/antimony Heusler alloy and a nickel/titanium/tin Heusler alloy.
Abstract:
Self-aligned electrode nano-contacts for non-volatile random access memory (RAM) bit cells, and methods of fabricating electrode nano-contacts for non-volatile random access memory (RAM) bit cells, are described. In an example, semiconductor structure includes a conductive electrode disposed above a substrate. A non-volatile random access memory (RAM) element is disposed above the conductive electrode. The non-volatile RAM element has an uppermost surface with a surface area. A conductive contact is disposed on and is electrically connected to the uppermost surface of the non-volatile RAM element. The conductive contact has a surface area less than the surface area of the uppermost surface of the non-volatile RAM element at an interface of the conductive contact and the uppermost surface of the non-volatile RAM element.
Abstract:
A perpendicular spin transfer torque memory (pSTTM) device incorporates a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device having a free magnetic stack and a fixed magnetic stack separated by a dielectric tunneling layer. The free magnetic stack includes an uppermost magnetic layer that is at least partially covered by a cap layer. The cap layer is at least partially covered by a protective layer containing at least one of: ruthenium (Ru); cobalt/iron/boron (CoFeB); molybdenum (Mo); cobalt (Co); tungsten (W); or platinum (Pt). The protective layer is at least partially covered by a cap metal layer which may form a portion of MTJ electrode. The protective layer minimizes the occurrence of physical and/or chemical attack of the cap layer by the materials used in the cap metal layer, beneficially improving the interface anisotropy of the MTJ free magnetic layer.
Abstract:
Disclosed are magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, computing devices, and related methods. An MTJ device includes an MTJ body, an electrode, and a thermal resistor. The thermal resistor is operably coupled between the MTJ body and the electrode. The thermal resistor includes at least one conductive region including an electrically conductive material. A computing device includes a memory device including at least one MTJ device, which in turn includes at least one thermal resistor between an MTJ body and at least one of a pair of electrodes. A method of forming an MTJ device includes forming an MTJ body, forming at least one electrode, and forming at least one electrically conductive thermal resistor between the MTJ body and the at least one electrode.
Abstract:
Approaches for an interconnect cladding process for integrating magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices, and the resulting structures, are described. In an example, a memory structure includes an interconnect disposed in a trench of a dielectric layer above a substrate, the interconnect including a diffusion barrier layer disposed at a bottom of and along sidewalls of the trench to an uppermost surface of the dielectric layer, a conductive fill layer disposed on the diffusion barrier layer and recessed below the uppermost surface of the dielectric layer and an uppermost surface of the diffusion barrier layer, and a conductive capping layer disposed on the conductive fill layer and between sidewall portions of the diffusion barrier layer. A memory element is disposed on the conductive capping layer of the interconnect.
Abstract:
MTJ material stacks, pSTTM devices employing such stacks, and computing platforms employing such pSTTM devices. In some embodiments, perpendicular MTJ material stacks include a multi-layered filter stack disposed between a fixed magnetic layer and an antiferromagnetic layer or synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) stack. In some embodiments, non-magnetic layers of the filter stack include at least one of Ta, Mo, Nb, W, or Hf. These transition metals may be in pure form or alloyed with other constituents.
Abstract:
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) device with out-of-plane magnetizations for its free and fixed magnetic layers, and configured to have a magnetization offset away from a center and closer to a switching threshold of the MTJ device; and logic for generating random numbers according to a resistive state of the MTJ device.