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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. 11, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan Kalitsov, San Jose, CA (US);

Bhagwati Prasad, San Jose, CA (US);

Rajesh Chopdekar, San Jose, CA (US);

Lei Wan, San Jose, CA (US);

Tiffany Santos, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01); H10N 50/85 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 50/10 (2023.02); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1697 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02); H10N 50/85 (2023.02);
Abstract

A memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a magnetic tunnel junction located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a reference layer, a free layer, a nonmagnetic tunnel barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, and a platinum-containing layer containing platinum and at least one element selected from iridium, hafnium or ruthenium. The platinum-containing layer contacts the free layer.


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