Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory cell with magnetic access selector apparatus
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Application No.: US17842064Application Date: 2022-06-16
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Publication No.: US12137617B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Mauricio Manfrini
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC
- Main IPC: H10N50/10
- IPC: H10N50/10 ; H10B61/00 ; H10N50/80

Abstract:
An integrated chip has a memory cell that includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and an access selector apparatus. The MTJ device includes a free layer and a pinned layer. The access selector apparatus includes a first metal structure and a second metal structure separated by one or more non-metallic layers. The first metal structure includes a polarized magnetic layer. The polarized magnetic layer produces a magnetic field that extends through the free layer, tilting its magnetic field and thereby substantially reducing a switching time for the MTJ device. The access selector apparatus may be a bipolar selector. The polarized magnetic layer may be incorporated into an electrode of the bipolar selector. Both the access selector apparatus and the MTJ device may be formed by a stack of material layers. The resulting memory cell may be compact and have good write speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220310906A1 MEMORY CELL WITH MAGNETIC ACCESS SELECTOR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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