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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Jijun Sun, Saku, JP;
Satoru Araki, Saku, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic tunnel junction is made up of two ferromagnetic layers, one of which has its magnetic moment fixed and the other of which has its magnetic moment free to rotate, an insulating tunneling barrier layer between the ferromagnetic layers for permitting tunneling current perpendicularly through the layers. The insulating barrier is preferably formed by the oxidation of a thin metallic alloy layer of particular materials which lead to a nonmagnetic barrier having a relatively low barrier height. These low barrier height insulating materials allow for the formation of a magnetic tunnel junction with a relatively thick barrier while maintaining a low resistance that is suitable, for example, in magnetoresistance read head applications.
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