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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Inston Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Qi Hu, Cypress, CA (US);
Inston Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Robust magnetoelectric junctions (MEJs) are disclosed. In one embodiment, an MEJ includes: a first fixed layer; a free layer; a seed layer; a cap layer; and a dielectric layer disposed between the first fixed layer and the free layer; where: one of the seed layer and the cap layer is disposed adjacently to a ferromagnetic layer; the first fixed layer is magnetized in a first direction; the free layer can adopt a magnetization direction that is either substantially parallel with or substantially antiparallel with the first direction; when a potential difference is applied across the MEJ, the coercivity of the free layer is reduced for the duration of the application of the potential difference; and at least one of the seed layer and the cap layer includes one of: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Iridium, Bismuth, Rhenium, and Gold.