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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Haiwen Xi, San Jose, CA (US);
Antoine Khoueir, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Brian Lee, Boston, MA (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Haiwen Xi, San Jose, CA (US);
Antoine Khoueir, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Brian Lee, Boston, MA (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for a non-volatile memory cell, such as an STRAM cell. In accordance with various embodiments, a magnetic free layer is laterally separated from an antiferromagnetic layer (AFM) by a non-magnetic spacer layer and medially separated from a synthetic antiferromagnetic layer (SAF) by a magnetic tunneling junction. The AFM pins the magnetization of the SAF through contact with a pinning region of the SAF that laterally extends beyond the magnetic tunneling junction.