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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Kiseok Moon, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xueti Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamad Towfik Krounbi, San Jose, CA (US);
Kiseok Moon, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xueti Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamad Towfik Krounbi, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A magnetic junction usable in a magnetic memory and a method for providing the magnetic memory are described. The method includes providing a pinned layer, providing an engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer, and providing a free layer. The pinned layer and the free layer each include at least one ferromagnetic layer. The engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer has a tuned resistance area product. In some aspects, the step of providing the engineered nonmagnetic tunneling barrier layer further includes radio-frequency depositing a first oxide layer, depositing a metal layer, and oxidizing the metal layer to provide a second oxide.