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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Rajiv Yadav Ranjan, San Jose, CA (US);
Parviz Keshtbod, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Roger Klas Malmhall, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajiv Yadav Ranjan, San Jose, CA (US);
Parviz Keshtbod, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Roger Klas Malmhall, San Jose, CA (US);
Avalanche Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-volatile magnetic memory element includes a number of layers one of which is a free layer which is graded. The graded free layer may include various elements with each element having a different anisotropy or it may include nonmagnetic compounds and magnetic regions with the non-magnetic compounds forming graded contents forming a unique shape such as cone shaped, diamond shaped or other shapes and whose thickness is based on the reactivity of the magnetic compound.