Abstract:
A memory system includes a memory track including a plurality of magnetic domains having alternating magnetic polarities and positioned along a path, and a plurality of domain walls separating adjacent ones of the plurality of magnetic domains, each one of the domain walls being configured to store data.
Abstract:
A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.
Abstract:
A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.
Abstract:
A magnetic junction and method and programming the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction has a free layer, a reference layer, and a nonmagnetic spacer layer between reference and free layers. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The free layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy exceeding its out-of-plane demagnetization energy a quiescent state. The free layer has a magnetostriction such that the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy changes in the presence of a programming voltage applied for the magnetic junction, canting that the magnetic moment by at least five degrees from its quiescent direction. The programming voltage is at least 0.1 volt and not more than 2 volts. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is an insulating tunneling barrier layer and/or the magnetic junction includes an additional insulating layer adjacent to the opposite interface of the free layer.
Abstract:
Magnetic junctions usable in a magnetic device and a method for providing the magnetic junctions are described. A patterned seed layer is provided. The patterned seed layer includes magnetic seed islands interspersed with an insulating matrix. At least a portion of the magnetoresistive stack is provided after the patterned seed layer. The magnetoresistive stack includes at least one magnetic segregating layer. The magnetic segregating layer(s) include at least one magnetic material and at least one insulator. The method anneals the at least the portion of the magnetoresistive stack such that the at least one magnetic segregating layer segregates. The constituents of the magnetic segregating layer segregate such that portions of magnetic material(s) align with the magnetic seed islands(s) and such that portions of the insulator(s) align with the insulating matrix.
Abstract:
Magnetic junctions usable in a magnetic device and a method for providing the magnetic junctions are described. A patterned seed layer is provided. The patterned seed layer includes magnetic seed islands interspersed with an insulating matrix. At least a portion of the magnetoresistive stack is provided after the patterned seed layer. The magnetoresistive stack includes at least one magnetic segregating layer. The magnetic segregating layer(s) include at least one magnetic material and at least one insulator. The method anneals the at least the portion of the magnetoresistive stack such that the at least one magnetic segregating layer segregates. The constituents of the magnetic segregating layer segregate such that portions of magnetic material(s) align with the magnetic seed islands(s) and such that portions of the insulator(s) align with the insulating matrix.
Abstract:
A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.
Abstract:
A memory system includes a memory track including a plurality of magnetic domains having alternating magnetic polarities and positioned along a path, and a plurality of domain walls separating adjacent ones of the plurality of magnetic domains, each one of the domain walls being configured to store data.
Abstract:
A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.
Abstract:
A magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device and a method for providing the magnetic junction are described. A first portion of a magnetoresistive stack corresponding to the magnetic junction is provided. Providing this portion of the magnetoresistive stack includes providing at least one layer for a free layer of the magnetic junction. A second portion of the magnetoresistive stack is provided after the step of providing the first portion of the magnetoresistive stack. The magnetoresistive stack is patterned to provide the magnetic junction after the step of providing the second portion of the magnetoresistive stack. An ambient temperature for the magnetoresistive stack and the magnetic junction does not exceed a crystallization temperature of the free layer after the step of providing the free layer through the step of patterning the magnetoresistive stack. The magnetic junction is annealed at an anneal temperature not less than the crystallization temperature after the step of patterning the magnetoresistive stack.