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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 16, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Quang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaoyong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Maki Maeda, Fujisawa, JP;
Hisashi Takano, Fujisawa, JP;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording device comprising a current-in-plane (CIP) spin orbit torque (SOT) device. The SOT device comprises a topological material (TM) layer and one or more free layers. The TM layer may be recessed from the MFS, and may comprise BiSb or YPtBi. Current is configured to flow in-plane into the TM layer. In one embodiment, one or more free layers are disposed on a same surface of the TM layer. In another embodiment, one or more free layers are disposed on opposite surfaces of the TM layer. In embodiments, comprising two or more free layers, voltage outputs read from at least two of the two or more free layers are opposite, and the two free layers have opposite polarities. In another embodiment, the SOT device comprises four free layers arranged in a bridge configuration.