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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2004
Applicants:

Charles Ahn, New Haven, CT (US);

Lior Klein, Ramat-Gan 52488, IL;

Yosef Basson, Ganey Tiqva 55900, IL;

Xia Hong, New Haven, CT (US);

Jeng-bang Yau, Hamden, CT (US);

Inventors:

Charles Ahn, New Haven, CT (US);

Lior Klein, Ramat-Gan 52488, IL;

Yosef Basson, Ganey Tiqva 55900, IL;

Xia Hong, New Haven, CT (US);

Jeng-Bang Yau, Hamden, CT (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/37 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H01L 29/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is directed to the use of perovskite manganite thin films and other magnetic films that exhibit both planar Hall effect and biaxial magnetic anisotropy to form the active area in magnetic sensor devices and in magnetic bit cells used in magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices. The manganite thin films of the invention are ferromagnetic manganites of the formula RAMnO, wherein R is a rare-earth metal, A is an alkaline earth metal, and x is generally between about 0.15 and about 0.5.


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