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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Yiming Huai, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Zhitao Diao, Fremont, CA (US);
Eugene Youjun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Yiming Huai, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Zhitao Diao, Fremont, CA (US);
Eugene Youjun Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Grandis Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Magnetic multilayer structures, such as magnetic or magnetoresistive tunnel junctions (MTJs) and spin valves, having a magnetic biasing layer formed next to and magnetically coupled to the free ferromagnetic layer to achieve a desired stability against fluctuations caused by, e.g., thermal fluctuations and astray fields. Stable MTJ cells with low aspect ratios can be fabricated using CMOS processing for, e.g., high-density MRAM memory devices and other devices, using the magnetic biasing layer. Such multilayer structures can be programmed using spin transfer induced switching by driving a write current perpendicular to the layers to switch the magnetization of the free ferromagnetic layer.