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US 6,646,530 B2Granted
Configuration for minimizing the Neel interaction between two ferromagnetic layers on both sides of a non-ferromagnetic separating layer
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorManfred Rührig
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Abstract
A configuration for minimizing and compensating for the Néel interaction between a first ferromagnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer on both sides of a nonmagnetic separating layer has an artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system. The two ferromagnetic layers each being sublayers of an artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system contribute to the minimization of the Néel interaction.
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A configuration for minimizing a Néel interaction, comprising:
- a first asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system having a first ferromagnetic sublayer, a second ferromagnetic sublayer, and a first spacer layer disposed between said first and second ferromagnetic sublayers;
- a separating layer, said first ferromagnetic sublayer being oriented toward said separating layer and having a smaller layer thickness than said second ferromagnetic sublayer of said first asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system;
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- a second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system having a first ferromagnetic sublayer oriented toward said separating layer, a second ferromagnetic sublayer, and a second spacer layer disposed between said first and second ferromagnetic sublayers of said second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferrromagnetic layer system, said first ferromagnetic sublayer of said second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system having a smaller layer thickness than said second ferromagnetic sublayer of said second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system, and resulting total magnetizations of said first and second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer systems being accumulated vectorially in a manner that compensates for the Néel interaction between said first ferromagnetic sublayer of said first asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system and said first ferromagnetic sublayer of said second asymmetrical artificial anti-ferromagnetic layer system each being oriented toward said separating layer.
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