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Patent No.:

US 10916284 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2020

Metallic magnetic memory devices for cryogenic operation and methods of operating the same

Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);

Inventors:

Quang Le, San Jose, CA (US);

Zhanjie Li, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Zhigang Bai, Fremont, CA (US);

Paul Vanderheijden, Cupertino, CA (US);

Michael Ho, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Addison, TX (US);

Attorney:

The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Huan Hoang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A MRAM device includes a spin valve containing a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic metallic barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, a metallic assist structure configured to provide rotating spin transfer torque to the free layer to assist the free layer switching during programming, and a first nonmagnetic metallic spacer layer located between the free layer and the metallic assist structure.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Le, Quang. (2021). Metallic magnetic memory devices for cryogenic operation and methods of operating the same (U.S. Patent No. 10916284). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10916284

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