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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Thao A. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Ho, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zhigang Bai, Fremont, CA (US);
Xiaoyong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhanjie Li, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yongchul Ahn, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongquan Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a magnetic tunnel junction, a magnetic assist layer coupled to the magnetic tunnel junction, a non-magnetic layer disposed between the free layer and the magnetic assist layer, and a spin Hall effect layer coupled to the magnetic assist layer. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer in a plane, the free layer including a switchable magnetization direction perpendicular to the plane. The magnetic assist layer includes a magnetization direction parallel to the plane and free to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the plane.