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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
David J. Lilja, Maplewood, MN (US);
Jian-ping Wang, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew P. Lyle, Boise, ID (US);
Shruti R. Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Harms, Hopkins, MN (US);
Xiaofeng Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Lilja, Maplewood, MN (US);
Jian-Ping Wang, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew P. Lyle, Boise, ID (US);
Shruti R. Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Harms, Hopkins, MN (US);
Xiaofeng Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that enable direct communications between magnetic tunnel junctions are provided. In one embodiment, a device includes multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions and an output magnetic tunnel junction. The multiple input magnetic tunnel junctions are connected in parallel, and the output magnetic tunnel junction is connected in series to the input magnetic tunnel junctions. In another embodiment, a device includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction, and a nano-magnetic channel. Each of the first and the second magnetic tunnel junctions has a free layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a fixed layer. The nano-magnetic channel connects the free layer of the first magnetic tunnel junction to the free layer of the second magnetic tunnel junction.