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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Crocus Technology SA, Grenoble, FR;

Inventor:

Quentin Stainer, Grenoble, FR;

Assignee:

CROCUS TECHNOLOGY SA, Grenoble, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Self-referenced magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cell including a magnetic tunnel junction including a sense layer; a storage layer having a storage magnetization; a tunnel barrier layer between the sense and the storage layers; and an antiferromagnetic layer exchange-coupling the storage layer such that the storage magnetization can be pinned when the antiferromagnetic layer is below a critical temperature and freely varied when the antiferromagnetic layer is heated at or above the critical temperature. The sense layer includes a first sense layer having a first sense magnetization, a second sense layer having a second sense magnetization and spacer layer between the first and second sense layers. The MRAM cell can be read with low power consumption.


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