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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

May. 21, 2020
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:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01F 10/329 (2013.01); H01F 10/3254 (2013.01); H01F 10/3272 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/1655 (2013.01); G11C 11/1657 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract

A MRAM device includes a magnetic tunnel junction containing a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic tunnel barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, a negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer having negative magnetic anisotropy that provides an in-plane magnetization within a plane that is perpendicular to the fixed magnetization direction, and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer located between the free layer and the negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer.


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