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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. 19, 2019

Filed:

May. 20, 2016
Applicants:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Riken, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Yue Ma, Stanford, CA (US);

Yongtao Cui, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Kentaro Ueda, Tokyo, JP;

Jun Fujioka, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshinori Tokura, Tokyo, JP;

Zhixun Shen, Stanford, CA (US);

Robert B. Laughlin, Stanford, CA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 1/14 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01C 10/10 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 1/14 (2013.01); H01C 10/103 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Control of electrical conductivity is provided via electrically conductive magnetic domain walls between magnetic domains. The magnetic domains are identical except for their magnetic configuration. Altering a configuration of the magnetic domains (e.g., by thermal treatment, application of a magnetic field, etc.) can alter the electrical resistance of a device. Such devices can be used as non-volatile information storage devices or as sensors.


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