IP Library Granted Patent US 11,683,993
Granted Patent B2
US 11,683,993 · App. 17/210,073 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Material having both negative spin polarization and negative anisotropy

Inventors: Susumu Okamura (Fujisawa, JP); Christian Kaiser (San Jose, CA); James Mac Freitag (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
H10N50/80G01R33/093G11B5/21G11C11/161H01F10/325H01F10/3295H10B61/00H10N50/10H10N50/85
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Patent No.
US 11,683,993
App. No.
17/210,073
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a spintronic device for use in a magnetic media drive, a magnetoresistive random access memory device, a magnetic sensor, or a magnetic recording write head. The spintronic device comprises a multilayer structure having a negative anisotropic field and a negative spin polarization. The multilayer structure comprises a plurality of layers, each layer of the plurality of layers comprising a first sublayer comprising Fe and a second sublayer comprising Co. At least one of the first sublayer and the second sublayer comprises one or more of Cr, V, and Ti. The first and second sublayers are alternating. The negative anisotropic field of the multilayer structure is between about −0.5 T to about −0.8 T, and an effective magnetization of the multilayer structure is between about 2.4 T to about 2.8 T.

Claims (32)

1. A spintronic device, comprising:

a multilayer structure having a negative spin polarization and a negative anisotropic field, the multilayer structure comprising a plurality of layers, each layer of the plurality of layers comprising a first sublayer comprising Fe and a second sublayer comprising Co, wherein at least one of the first sublayer and the second sublayer further comprise one or more of Cr, V, and Ti, and wherein the first and second sublayers are alternating.

2. The spintronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first sublayer comprises one of FeCr x , FeV x , FeTi x , FeCr x V y , FeCr x Ti y , FeV x Ti y , or FeCr x V y Ti z , and wherein the value of each of x, y, and z is a positive number.

3. The spintronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second sublayer comprises one of CoCr x , CoV x , CoTi x , CoCr x V y , CoCr x Ti y , CoV x Ti y , or CoCr x V y Ti z , and wherein the value of each of x, y, and z is a positive number.

4. The spintronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first sublayers has a first thickness between about 0.4 nm to about 0.8 nm, and wherein each of the second sublayers has a second thickness between about 0.3 nm to about 0.6 nm.

5. The spintronic device of claim 1 , wherein the multilayer structure is a free layer, a pinned layer, or a field generating layer.

6. A magnetic media drive comprising the spintronic device of claim 1 .

7. A magnetoresistive random access memory device comprising the spintronic device of claim 1 .

8. A magnetic sensor comprising the spintronic device of claim 1 .

9. A magnetic recording head comprising the spintronic device of claim 1 .

10. A spintronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a multilayer structure having a negative spin polarization and a negative anisotropic field disposed over the substrate, the multilayer structure comprising a plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, wherein each of the first layers comprises Fe and one or more of Cr, V, and Ti, and each of the second layers comprises Co, wherein each of the first layers has a first thickness greater than or equal to a second thickness of each of the second layers; and

a cap layer disposed over the multilayer structure.

11. The spintronic device of claim 10 , wherein the multilayer structure is a free layer, a pinned layer, or a field generating layer, and wherein each of the first layers has a first thickness between about 0.4 nm to about 0.8 nm and each of the second layers has a second thickness between about 0.3 nm to about 0.6 nm.

12. The spintronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first layers each comprises one of FeCr x , FeV x , FeTi x , FeCr x V y , FeCr x Ti y , FeV x Ti y , or FeCr x V y Ti z , wherein each of x, y, and z is a number between 1 and 46.

13. The spintronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second layers each comprises one of CoCr x , CoV x , CoTi x , CoCr x V y , CoCr x Ti y , CoV x Ti y , or CoCr x V y Ti z , wherein each of x, y, and z is a number between 1 and 46.

14. The spintronic device of claim 10 , wherein the cap layer is an additional first layer comprising FeCr x , FeV x , FeTi x , FeCr x V y , FeCr x Ti y , FeV x Ti y , or FeCr x V y Ti z having the first thickness.

15. A magnetic media drive comprising the spintronic device of claim 10 .

16. A magnetoresistive random access memory device comprising the spintronic device of claim 10 .

17. A magnetic sensor comprising the spintronic device of claim 10 .

18. A magnetic recording head comprising the spintronic device of claim 10 .

19. A spintronic device, comprising:

a multilayer structure having a negative spin polarization and a negative anisotropic field, the multilayer structure comprising a plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, wherein each of the first layers comprises at least one of FeCr x , FeV x , FeTi x , FeCr x V y , FeCr x Ti y , FeV x Ti y , and FeCr x V y Ti z , where each of x, y, and z is a positive number, and each of the second layers comprising Co, wherein each of the first layers has a first thickness between about 0.4 nm to about 0.8 nm and each of the second layers has a second thickness between about 0.3 nm to about 0.6 nm; and

one or more layers disposed over the multilayer structure.

20. The spintronic device of claim 19 , wherein the one or more layers comprise a cap layer disposed in contact with the multilayer structure, the cap layer being an additional first layer comprising FeCr x , FeV x , FeTi x , FeCr x V y , FeCr x Ti y , FeV x Ti y , or FeCr x V y Ti z having the first thickness.

21. The spintronic device of claim 19 , wherein the multilayer structure is a free layer, a pinned layer, or a field generating layer, and wherein the negative anisotropic field of the multilayer structure is between about −0.5 T to about −0.8 T, and an effective magnetization of the multilayer structure is between about 2.4 T to about 2.8 T.

22. The spintronic device of claim 19 , wherein each of the second layers further comprises one or more of Cr, V, and Ti.

23. A magnetic media drive comprising the spintronic device of claim 19 .

24. A magnetoresistive random access memory device comprising the spintronic device of claim 19 .

25. A magnetic sensor comprising the spintronic device of claim 19 .

26. A magnetic recording head comprising the spintronic device of claim 19 .

Assignments (5)
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - A&R LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064715/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - DDTL LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 067045/0156 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 056285 FRAME 0292 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058982/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 056285/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2021
From: OKAMURA, SUSUMU; KAISER, CHRISTIAN; FREITAG, JAMES MAC
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055696/0056 →
Continuity (1)
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