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Patent No.:

US 9508926 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2015

Magnetoresistive effect element having an underlayer and a side wall layer that contain scandium

Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Eiji Kitagawa, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Minoru Amano, Sagamihara Kanagawa, JP;

Megumi Yakabe, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroaki Maekawa, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas L Dickey

Assistant Examiner:

Damon Hillman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/82 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01L 43/00 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/12 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetoresistive effect element includes a recording layer having magnetic anisotropy and a variable magnetization direction, a reference layer having magnetic anisotropy and an invariable magnetization direction, an intermediate layer between the recording layer and the reference layer, an underlayer containing scandium (Sc) and disposed on a surface side of the recording layer opposite to a surface side on which the recording layer is disposed, and a side wall layer containing an oxide of Sc and disposed on side surfaces of the recording layer and the intermediate layer.

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Kitagawa, Eiji. (2016). Magnetoresistive effect element having an underlayer and a side wall layer that contain scandium (U.S. Patent No. 9508926). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9508926

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