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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Sung-chul Lee, Osan-si, KR;
Kwang-seok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kee-won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-man Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ung-hwan Pi, Seoul, KR;
Sung-chul Lee, Osan-si, KR;
Kwang-seok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kee-won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-man Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ung-hwan Pi, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Magnetoresistive elements, and memory devices including the same, include a free layer having a changeable magnetization direction, a pinned layer facing the free layer and having a fixed magnetization direction, and an auxiliary element on a surface of the pinned layer. The auxiliary element has a width smaller than a width of the pinned layer, and a magnetization direction fixed to a direction the same as a direction of the fixed magnetization direction of the pinned layer.