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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Jonathan Zanhong Sun, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Zanhong Sun, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spin-current switchable magnetic memory element includes a plurality of magnetic layers including a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers including an alloy of a rare-earth metal and a transition metal, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers.