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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Eiji Kitagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Amano, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 43/10 (2013.01); G11B 5/3909 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); G11C 2213/74 (2013.01); G11C 2213/79 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer including O and one of Co, Fe, Ni and Mn, a second magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer between the first and second magnetic layers, a first electrode connected to the first magnetic layer, a second electrode connected to the second magnetic layer, and a resistive layer including N between the first magnetic layer and the first electrode.