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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for and on Behalf of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Dmytro Apalkov, San Jose, CA (US);
William H. Butler, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for and on Behalf of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device are described. The magnetic junction includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, and a free layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned layer and the free layer. The free layer has a magnetic anisotropy, at least a portion of which is a biaxial anisotropy. The magnetic junction is configured such that the free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction.