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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Crocus Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bertrand F. Cambou, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Douglas J. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Ken Mackay, Le Sappey en Chartreuse, FR;

Assignee:

Crocus Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/14 (2006.01); G11C 11/15 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/02 (2013.01); G11C 11/14 (2013.01); G11C 11/15 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a circuit and a field line. The circuit includes a magnetic tunnel junction including a storage layer and a sense layer. The field line is configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input signal, where the magnetic tunnel junction is configured such that a magnetization direction of the sense layer and a resistance of the magnetic tunnel junction vary based on the magnetic field. The circuit is configured to amplify the input signal to generate an output signal that varies in response to the resistance of the magnetic tunnel junction.


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