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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Hideo Ohno, Sendai, JP;
Shoji Ikeda, Sendai, JP;
Young Min Lee, Sendai, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Tohoku University, Miyagi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a high-speed and ultra-low-power-consumption nonvolatile memory having a high temperature stability at a zero magnetic field. In a tunnel magnetoresistive film constituting a nonvolatile magnetic memory that employs a writing method using a spin-transfer torque, an insulating layer and a nonmagnetic conductive layer are stacked above a ferromagnetic free layer.