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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Current-switched spin-transfer magnetic devices with reduced spin-transfer switching current density
Applicants:
Yiming Huai, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Zhitao Diao, Fremont, CA (US);
Alex Panchula, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eugene Youjun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Lien-chang Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yiming Huai, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Zhitao Diao, Fremont, CA (US);
Alex Panchula, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eugene Youjun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Lien-Chang Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Grandis Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Magnetic multilayer structures, such as magnetic or magnetoresistive tunnel junctions (MTJs) and spin valves, having one or more spin diffusion layers to diffuse the electron spins outside the MTJ or spin valve structure to reduce the spin transfer switching current for switching the free layer.