Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spin-orbit torque switching device with tungsten nitride
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Application No.: US17088850Application Date: 2020-11-04
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Publication No.: US11600770B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Young Keun Kim , Yong Jin Kim , Min Hyeok Lee
- Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2020-0033574 20200319
- Main IPC: H10N50/85
- IPC: H10N50/85 ; H10B61/00 ; H10N50/80 ; H10N50/10 ; H01F10/32 ; H01L43/10 ; H01L27/22 ; H01L43/02 ; H01L43/08

Abstract:
A magnetic device includes a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer having a switched magnetization direction, a tunnel insulating layer interposed between the pinned layer and the free layer, and a spin-torque generation layer injecting spin current into the free layer as in-plane current flows. The spin current allows a magnetization direction of the free layer to be switched by a spin-orbit torque. The pinned layer and the free layer have perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The spin-torque generation layer includes a tungsten layer and a tungsten-nitride layer sequentially stacked. The tungsten-nitride layer is disposed adjacent to the free layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210296575A1 SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE SWITCHING DEVICE WITH TUNGSTEN NITRIDE Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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