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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Ying Hong, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Kochan Ju, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Tsann Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ching Hwa Tsang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ying Hong, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Kochan Ju, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Tsann Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ching Hwa Tsang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic structure in one embodiment includes a tunnel barrier layer; a free layer; and a buffer layer between the tunnel barrier layer and the free layer, wherein a cross sectional area of the tunnel barrier layer in a direction parallel to a plane of deposition thereof is greater than a cross sectional area of the free layer in a direction parallel to a plane of deposition thereof, wherein a cross sectional area of the buffer layer in a direction parallel to a plane of deposition thereof is greater than a cross sectional area of the free layer in the direction parallel to the plane of deposition thereof. Additional systems and methods are also presented.