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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:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Spin Memory, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Michail Tzoufras, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Elizabeth Ann Dobisz, San Jose, CA (US);

Marcin Gajek, Berkeley, CA (US);

Davide Guarisco, San Jose, CA (US);

Bartlomiej Adam Kardasz, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

SPIN MEMORY, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); H01F 10/329 (2013.01); H01F 10/3254 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and performing operations on magnetic memory devices. In one aspect, a magnetic memory device includes: (1) a reference magnetic layer configured to have a first current threshold corresponding to a spin current level required to change a magnetic polarization of the reference magnetic layer; (2) a composite magnetic layer comprising a plurality of non-magnetic layers and a plurality of magnetic layers including a storage layer; and (3) a non-magnetic spacer layer between the reference magnetic layer and the composite magnetic layer; where the composite magnetic layer is configured such that the second current threshold is lowered, without decreasing thermal stability of the magnetic memory device, by spin current and/or coupling fields between adjacent magnetic layers of the plurality of magnetic layers.


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