IP Library Granted Patent US 11,770,978
Granted Patent B2
US 11,770,978 · App. 17/104,931 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Magnetization rotational element, magnetoresistance effect element, semiconductor element, magnetic recording array, and method for manufacturing magnetoresistance effect element

Inventors: Yugo Ishitani (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyuki Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Shiokawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
H10N50/10G11C11/161G11C11/1673G11C11/1675H10B61/22H10N50/01H10N50/80H10N50/85
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Patent No.
US 11,770,978
App. No.
17/104,931
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetization rotational element includes a spin-orbit torque wiring, and a first ferromagnetic layer which is located in a first direction with respect to the spin-orbit torque wiring and in which spins are injected from the spin-orbit torque wiring. The spin-orbit torque wiring has a plurality of spin generation layers and insertion layers located between the plurality of spin generation layers in the first direction. The insertion layers have a lower electrical resistivity than the spin generation layers.

Claims (13)

1. A method for manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element comprising:

a film formation step of forming a laminate in which a second ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, a first ferromagnetic layer, and a first spin generation layer are laminated in order;

a processing step of forming a columnar body by etching the laminate; and

a wiring forming step of forming a spin-orbit torque wiring by performing film formation of an insertion layer and a second spin generation layer in order on a first surface of the columnar body,

wherein the insertion layer has a lower electrical resistivity than the first spin generation layer and the second spin generation layer.

2. The method for manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing step is performed through a hard mask layer laminated on a portion of a first surface of the laminate, and

wherein the hard mask layer is removed before the wiring forming step, and the first spin generation layer is exposed to the first surface of the columnar body.

3. The method for manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing step is performed through a hard mask layer laminated on a portion of a first surface of the laminate, and

wherein the hard mask layer is constituted of a same material as the first spin generation layer.

4. The method for manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first spin generation layer has a larger thickness than the second spin generation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2020
From: ISHITANI, YUGO; SASAKI, TOMOYUKI; SHIOKAWA, YOHEI
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054471/0784 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-212835 · Nov 26, 2019 · national
JP 2020-173445 · Oct 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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