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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011

Filed:

May. 30, 2006
Applicants:

Takashi Takenaga, Tokyo, JP;

Takeharu Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Sadeh Beysen, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Takenaga, Tokyo, JP;

Takeharu Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Sadeh Beysen, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a ferromagnetic tunnel junction element, a recording layer is in a circular shape, which can suppress an increase in magnetization switching field due to miniaturization of the element. Further, the recording layer includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a first non-magnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, a second non-magnetic layer, and a third ferromagnetic layer successively stacked. The first and second ferromagnetic layers, and the second and third ferromagnetic layers are coupled antiparallel to each other, so that it is possible to control the magnetization distribution of the recording layer in an approximately single direction.


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