Magnetic tunnel junctions with control wire
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsJoseph Shimon Friedman, Alan V. Sahakian
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AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsJoseph Shimon Friedman, Alan V. Sahakian
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A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device is provided that includes a MTJ element and a control wire. The MTJ element includes a top ferromagnet layer formed of a first magnetic material, a tunneling layer, and a bottom ferromagnet layer formed of a second magnetic material. The tunneling layer is mounted between the top ferromagnet layer and the bottom ferromagnet layer. The control wire is configured to conduct a charge pulse. A direction of charge flow in the control wire extends substantially perpendicular to a magnetization direction of the top ferromagnet layer. The control wire is positioned sufficiently close to the top ferromagnet layer to reverse the magnetization direction of the top ferromagnet layer when the charge pulse flows therethrough while not reversing the magnetization direction of the bottom ferromagnet layer when the charge pulse flows therethrough.
A magnetic tunnel junction device comprising:
A magnetic tunnel junction device comprising:
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