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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, CA;

Inventors:

Zachary Raymond Nunn, Coquitlam, CA;

Erol Girt, Burnaby, CA;

Assignee:

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/15 (2006.01); H01F 1/01 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G01R 33/1284 (2013.01); G11C 11/15 (2013.01); H01F 1/015 (2013.01); H01F 1/017 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic device comprising having a first magnetic layer having a first magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a second magnetization direction, a first coupling layer interposed between the first and second magnetic layers, a third magnetic layer having a third magnetization direction, a first magnetoresistive layer interposed between the third magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a circuit connected to one or more of the layers of the magnetic device by at least a pair of leads. The circuit is configured to determine a change in resistance between the pair of leads. The change in resistance is based at least in part on a change in an angular relationship between the third magnetization direction and the second magnetization direction caused by an external magnetic field or a current passing through at least a portion of the device.


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