Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method of programming a magnetic memory element
- Patent Title (中): 编程磁记忆元件的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12687608Application Date: 2010-01-14
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Publication No.: US08213220B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Yu-Jen Wang , Hsu-Chen Cheng , Denny Tang
- Applicant: Yu-Jen Wang , Hsu-Chen Cheng , Denny Tang
- 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: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a non-volatile memory device. A memory device includes a first magnetic element having a fixed magnetization. The memory device also includes a second magnetic element having a non-fixed magnetization. The memory device further includes a barrier layer between the first and second magnetic elements. A unidirectional current source is electrically coupled to the first and second magnetic elements. The current source is configured to provide a first current to the first and second memory elements. The first current has a first current density and is in a first direction. The current source is also configured to provide a second current to the first and second magnetic elements. The second current has a second current density, different than the first current density, and is in the first direction. The first and second currents cause the non-fixed magnetization of the second magnetic element to toggle between substantially parallel to the fixed magnetization of the first magnetic element and between substantially antiparallel to the fixed magnetization of the first magnetic element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100118603A1 DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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