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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Meiyin Yang, Beijing, CN;

Jun Luo, Beijing, CN;

Sumei Wang, Beijing, CN;

Jing Xu, Beijing, CN;

Yanru Li, Beijing, CN;

Junfeng Li, Beijing, CN;

Yan Cui, Beijing, CN;

Wenwu Wang, Beijing, CN;

Tianchun Ye, Beijing, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01F 41/32 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/5607 (2013.01); H01F 10/329 (2013.01); H01F 10/3259 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H01F 41/32 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5615 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-state memory and a method for manufacturing the same. A magnetoresistive tunnel junction is disposed on a spin-orbit coupling layer, and thermal annealing is performed after dopant ions are injected from a side of the magnetoresistive tunnel junction. The concentration of dopant ions in the magnetoresistive tunnel junction has a gradient variation along the direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the current and within the plane in which the spin-orbit coupling layer is located. Symmetry along the direction perpendicular to the direction of the current is broken. In a case a current flows into the spin-orbit coupling layer, resistance are outputted in multiple states in linearity with the current. The multi-state storage is achieved. It can meet a requirement on hardware of neural network synapses, and is applicable to calculation in a neural network.


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