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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yiming Huai, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Jing Zhang, Los Altos, CA (US);

Rajiv Yadav Ranjan, San Jose, CA (US);

Yuchen Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);

Roger Klas Malmhall, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/00 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) element comprising a composite free layer including one or more stacks of a bilayer unit that comprises an insulator layer and a magnetic layer with the magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to a layer plane thereof; a magnetic pinned layer having a first fixed magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to a layer plane thereof; a tunnel barrier layer formed between the composite free layer and the magnetic pinned layer; and a magnetic fixed layer coupled to the magnetic pinned layer through an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer. The magnetic fixed layer has a second fixed magnetization direction that is substantially perpendicular to a layer plane thereof and is substantially opposite to the first fixed magnetization direction.


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