IP Library Granted Patent US 10,840,434
Granted Patent B2
US 10,840,434 · App. 16/352,279 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Storage device

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Patent No.
US 10,840,434
App. No.
16/352,279
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a storage device includes a resistance change element. The resistance change element includes a stacked structure including a first ferromagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a first nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet. The first nonmagnet includes a boron-doped rare-earth oxide.

Claims (34)

1. A storage device comprising:

a resistance change element,

wherein:

the resistance change element comprises a stacked structure including a first ferromagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a first nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet, the first nonmagnet including a boron-doped rare-earth oxide,

the resistance change element comprises a third ferromagnet, and a second nonmagnet between the stacked structure and the third ferromagnet,

the second ferromagnet is between the second nonmagnet and the first nonmagnet, and

a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy field (Hk) of the first ferromagnet is greater than a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy field of the second ferromagnet.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a boron-containing rate of the first ferromagnet is higher than a boron-containing rate of the second ferromagnet.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a film thickness of the first ferromagnet is thinner than a film thickness of the second ferromagnet.

4. A storage device comprising:

a resistance change element,

wherein:

the resistance change element comprises a stacked structure including a first ferromagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a first nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet, the first nonmagnet including a boron-doped rare-earth oxide,

the resistance change element comprises a third ferromagnet, and a second nonmagnet between the stacked structure and the third ferromagnet,

the second ferromagnet is between the second nonmagnet and the first nonmagnet, and

a ferromagnetic resonance frequency (f) of a magnetization of the first ferromagnet is greater than a ferromagnetic resonance frequency of a magnetization of the second ferromagnet.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein a boron-containing rate of the first ferromagnet is higher than a boron-containing rate of the second ferromagnet.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein a film thickness of the first ferromagnet is thinner than a film thickness of the second ferromagnet.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a damping constant (α) of the first ferromagnet is greater than a damping constant of the second ferromagnet.

8. The device according to claim 4 , wherein a damping constant (α) of the first ferromagnet is greater than a damping constant of the second ferromagnet.

9. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first ferromagnet includes iridium (Ir), or the second ferromagnet includes platinum (Pt).

10. A storage device comprising:

a resistance change element,

wherein:

the resistance change element comprises a stacked structure including a first ferromagnet, a second ferromagnet, and a first nonmagnet between the first ferromagnet and the second ferromagnet, the first nonmagnet including a boron-doped rare-earth oxide,

the resistance change element comprises a third ferromagnet, and a second nonmagnet between the stacked structure and the third ferromagnet,

the second ferromagnet is between the second nonmagnet and the first nonmagnet, and

an amount of magnetization (Mst) of the first ferromagnet is smaller than an amount of magnetization of the second ferromagnet.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a saturation magnetization (Ms) of the first ferromagnet is smaller than a saturation magnetization of the second ferromagnet.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a film thickness of the first ferromagnet is thinner than a film thickness of the second ferromagnet.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first ferromagnet includes iridium (Ir), or the second ferromagnet includes platinum (Pt).

14. The device according to claim 10 , wherein a damping constant (α) of the first ferromagnet is greater than a damping constant of the second ferromagnet.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein a boron-containing rate of the first ferromagnet is higher than a boron-containing rate of the second ferromagnet.

16. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the first ferromagnet includes iridium (Ir), or the second ferromagnet includes platinum (Pt).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: KITAGAWA, EIJI; EEH, YOUNG MIN; OIKAWA, TADAAKI; YOSHINO, KENICHI; SAWADA, KAZUYA; ISODA, TAIGA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049904/0722 →