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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsumi Suemitsu, Kanagawa, JP;

Eiji Kariyada, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A magnetic body device has a stacked structure comprising an underlying layer, a magnetic body layer, and a cap layer. The material for the underlying layer is different from that for the cap layer. The magnetic body layer has a free magnetization region having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and a first characteristic change region and a second characteristic change region situated on both sides of the free magnetization region in a first in-plane direction. The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the first characteristic change region and the second characteristic change region is at a level lower than that of the free magnetization region. An external magnetic field containing a component in the first in-plane direction is applied to the free magnetization region. Further, a current in the first in-plane direction is supplied to the free magnetization region.


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