JP2005535111A - 改良された記憶密度を備えた多値mram - Google Patents
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以下に、本発明による多値MRAMセル5の簡略断面図を示す図1を参照する。多値MRAMセル5はベース電極14と導電線36との間に挟まれた多値MRAMデバイス7を備えており、多値MRAMデバイス7は抵抗Rを有している。さらに、図示するように、導電線12がベース電極14に近接して配置されており、絶縁トランジスタ10がベース電極14及び電気接地13に電気接続されている。
本明細書において例示の目的のため選択された本実施形態に対する様々な変更及び改良は、当業者により直ちになされるであろう。本発明の技術思想からは逸脱しないそのような改良及び変形の範囲において、それらの改良及び変形は、以下の請求項の公正な解釈によってのみ判断されるその範囲内に含められると意図されている。
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- 抵抗を有する多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスであって、
基板と、
前記基板上に配置された第一導電線と、
前記第一導電線に近接して配置された固定強磁性領域であって、その固定強磁性領域は、印加された磁界の有無に拘わらず、好ましい方向に固定された固定磁気モーメントベクトルを有する固定強磁性領域と、
前記固定強磁性領域上に配置された非強磁性スペーサ層と、
前記非強磁性スペーサ層上に配置された自由強磁性領域であって、その自由強磁性領域は、印加された磁界の存在下で自由に回転する自由磁気モーメントベクトルを有し、かつその自由磁気モーメントベクトルに対する三以上の安定位置を設定する異方性を有し、その三以上の安定位置は、各位置が固有の抵抗を生成するように、前記固定磁気モーメントベクトルの前記好ましい方向に対して配向されている自由強磁性領域と、
前記第一導電線に対し非ゼロの角度で配置された第二導電線とを備える多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイス。 - 前記自由強磁性領域の異方性は、前記自由強磁性領域の形状により付与される請求項1に記載の装置。
- 前記自由強磁性領域の形状は、極方程式r(θ)=1+|A・cos(N・θ−α)|により近似的に定義され、Nは整数であり、θは前記第一及び第二導電線に対する度の単位の角度であり、rは極座標における距離であり、かつ、角度θの関数であり、αは前記第一導電線に対する突出領域(lobe)の角度を決定する度の単位の角度であり、かつAは定数である請求項2に記載の装置。
- 前記自由強磁性層の形状は、前記第一導電線に平行に配向された少なくとも一つの突出領域を有する請求項2に記載の装置。
- 前記自由強磁性領域の異方性は、前記自由強磁性領域に含まれる材料の内因性の異方性により付与される請求項1に記載の装置。
- 多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスであって、
基板と、
ベース電極に近接して配置された第一導電線と、
前記第一導電線に近接して配置された自由強磁性領域であって、その自由強磁性領域は、印加された磁界の存在下で自由に回転する自由磁気モーメントベクトルを有し、かつその自由磁気モーメントベクトルに対する三以上の安定位置を設定する異方性を有し、その三以上の安定位置は、各位置が固有の抵抗を生成するように、固定磁気モーメントベクトルの好ましい方向に対して配向されている自由強磁性領域と、
前記自由強磁性領域上に配置された非強磁性スペーサ層と、
前記非強磁性スペーサ層上に配置された固定強磁性領域であって、その固定強磁性領域は、印加された磁界の有無に拘わらず、好ましい方向に固定された固定磁気モーメントベクトルを有する固定強磁性領域と、
前記第一導電線に対し非ゼロの角度で配置された第二導電線とを含む多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイス。 - 多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスを製造する方法であって、
表面を画定する基板を提供するステップと、
前記基板の前記表面上でベース電極を支持するステップと、
印加された磁界の有無に拘わらず、好ましい方向に固定された固定磁気モーメントベクトルを有する固定磁気抵抗領域と、三以上の安定位置を備えた自由磁気モーメントベクトルを提供するように設計され、その三以上の安定位置は前記固定磁気モーメントベクトルの前記好ましい方向に対して非ゼロの角度で配向されている形状を有する自由強磁性領域との間に材料層を形成するステップと、
ビット導電線を形成するステップとを備え、前記材料層及び前記自由強磁性領域のうちの一方が前記ベース電極上に配置され、前記ビット導電線が前記材料層及び前記自由強磁性領域の他方の上に配置されている、多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスを製造する方法。 - 前記三以上の安定位置は前記自由強磁性領域の異方性により設定される請求項7に記載の方法。
- 多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスに多値を記憶する方法であって、
第一導電体及び第二導電体に隣接した多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスであって、その多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスは非強磁性スペーサ層により分離された第一強磁性領域及び第二強磁性領域を含み、その第一及び第二強磁性領域のうちの少なくとも一方は合成反強磁性領域を含み、かつ時刻t0において好ましい方向に配向された自由磁気モーメントベクトルを有し、その第一及び第二強磁性領域のうちの少なくとも一方は、三以上の安定位置を備えた自由磁気モーメントベクトルを提供する異方性を有し、その第一及び第二強磁性領域のうちの少なくとも一方は、印加された磁界の有無に拘わらず、好ましい方向に配向された固定磁気モーメントベクトルを有し、その三以上の安定位置はその固定磁気モーメントベクトルの好ましい方向に対して非ゼロの角度で配向されている多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスを提供するステップと、
前記三以上の安定位置のうちの一つに、前記自由磁気モーメントベクトルを配向するための第一及び第二電流パルスを印加するステップと、
印加された磁界が存在しない状況で、前記自由磁気モーメントベクトルがN個の安定位置のうちの一つに揃うように、第一及び第二電流パルスを停止するステップとを含む多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスに多値を記憶する方法。 - 抵抗を有する多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイスにおいて、そのデバイスは、
第一強磁性領域と、
磁気抵抗メモリデバイスを形成するために、前記第一強磁性領域に隣接して配置された第二強磁性領域とを備え、前記第一及び第二強磁性領域のうちの一方は、三以上の磁気モーメントベクトルの安定位置を有する形状を含んでおり、その安定位置は前記第一及び第二強磁性領域のうちの一方の中に含まれる材料の異方性により誘導される抵抗を有する多値磁気抵抗ランダムアクセスメモリデバイス。
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