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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Robert Carpenter, Kessel-lo, BE;
Woojim Kim, Watermael-Boitsfort, BE;
Kiroubanand Sankaran, Herent, BE;
Assignee:
Imec VZW, Leuven, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/85 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.02); H10N 50/10 (2023.02); H10N 50/85 (2023.02);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides improved VCMA MRAM devices that include an engineered magnetic structure. The disclosure also presents the engineered magnetic structure, which includes a magnetic reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer provided on the magnetic reference layer, an interface layer provided on the tunnel barrier layer, a magnetic free layer provided on the interface layer, and a cap layer provided on the magnetic free layer. The interface layer and the cap layer are engineered to enhance an orbital occupancy and/or a spin-orbit-coupling of the magnetic free layer.