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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2017
Spin Memory, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Manfred Ernst Schabes, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas D. Boone, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mustafa Pinarbasi, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
SPIN MEMORY, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A Magnetic Random Access Memory apparatus device having a memory element formed as a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pillar and having a heating element for maintaining a desired minimum temperature of the memory element. The heating element is separated from the memory element by a thin, non-magnetic, electrically insulating wall, which can be constructed of alumina. The heating element is connected with circuitry that controllably delivers electrical current to the heating element to maintain a desired minimum temperature of the memory element.