Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic memory device
- Patent Title (中): 磁存储器件
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Application No.: US10575970Application Date: 2004-10-12
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Publication No.: US07310265B2Publication Date: 2007-12-18
- Inventor: Yuankai Zheng , Yihong Wu
- Applicant: Yuankai Zheng , Yihong Wu
- Applicant Address: SG Centros
- Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Current Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Current Assignee Address: SG Centros
- Agency: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP
- International Application: PCT/SG2004/000333 WO 20041012
- International Announcement: WO2005/036558 WO 20050421
- Main IPC: G11C11/15
- IPC: G11C11/15

Abstract:
A memory cell (310) for a magnetic memory device (300) includes a free layer (311), a cap layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, and a synthetic antiferromagnetic layer which comprises two or more than two ferromagnetic layers that are antiferromagnetically coupled through non-magnetic space layers. The synthetic antiferromagnetic layer is pinned by antiferromagnetic layer. The antiferromagnetic layer and the synthetic antiferromagnetic layer form a synthetic antiferromagnetic pinned (SAFP) recording layer. The magnetization of the SAFP recording layer can be changed by combining a heating process and an external field induced from currents flowing along the bit line (320) and the word line (330). Therefore, a MRAM with high density, high thermal stability, low power dissipation and high heat tolerance can be achieved after introducing the SAFP recording layer due to the high volume and anisotropy energy of the SAFP recording layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070109838A1 Magnetic memory device Public/Granted day:2007-05-17
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