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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2021
Applicants:

Yimin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);

Rongfu Xiao, Dublin, CA (US);

Jun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yimin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);

Rongfu Xiao, Dublin, CA (US);

Jun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01); H10N 50/85 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/01 (2023.02); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01F 10/3272 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02); H10N 50/85 (2023.02);
Abstract

The invention comprises a method of forming a novel magnetic pinning structure having a (100) textured or cube-textured reference layer through a non-epitaxial texturing approach so that an excellent coherent tunneling effect is achieved in a pMTJ element due to its texture structure of CoFe BCC (100)/MgO rocksalt (100)/CoFe BCC (100). Correspondingly, a high MR ratio and a high pinning strength on the reference layer can be achieved for perpendicular spin-transfer-torque magnetic-random-access memory (pSTT-MRAM) using perpendicular magnetoresistive elements as basic memory cells which potentially replace the conventional semiconductor memory used in electronic chips, especially mobile chips for power saving and non-volatility.


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