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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2014
Applicants:

Mark B. Johnson, Potomac, MD (US);

Christopher Malec, Alexandria, VA (US);

Inventors:

Mark B. Johnson, Potomac, MD (US);

Christopher Malec, Alexandria, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/18 (2006.01); H01L 43/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/065 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/18 (2013.01); H01L 43/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid domain wall Hall cross device consists of a semiconductor Hall cross having a top surface and a pair of arms intersecting at a center region, and a ferromagnetic wire fabricated on the top surface, electrically isolated from the Hall cross, and having a constriction proximate to the center of the Hall cross. The device provides a magnetoelectronic MRAM storage cell with improved performance characteristics. Binary storage is associated with a trapped domain wall having one of two stable orientations. The bit state can be written using current driven domain wall motion. This is a STT process in which the write current is applied to a thin film, low impedance wire. Heating is minimized and no wear-out mechanism is known to exist.


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