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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Crocus Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Gaidis, San Jose, CA (US);
Thao Tran, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
CROCUS TECHNOLOGY INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (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); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus has a reference magnetic tunnel junction with a high aspect ratio including a reference layer with magnetization along a minor axis and a storage layer with magnetization along a major axis. The storage layer magnetization is substantially perpendicular to the magnetization along the minor axis. The magnetization orientation between the minor axis and the major axis is maintained by shape anisotropy caused by the high aspect ratio.