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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2017
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yang Yang, Berkeley, CA (US);

Jon Gorchon, Berkeley, CA (US);

Richard Brian Wilson, Riverside, CA (US);

Charles Henri Alexandre Lambert, Berkeley, CA (US);

Sayeef Salahuddin, Berkeley, CA (US);

Jeffrey Bokor, Piedmont, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and memory circuits for altering a magnetic direction of a magnetic memory cell using picosecond electric current pulses are disclosed. One method includes directing a first electric current pulse through the magnetic memory cell that includes a ferrimagnetic material layer to heat the ferrimagnetic material layer to toggle a magnetic direction of the ferrimagnetic material layer from a first magnetic direction to a second magnetic direction.


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