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US 12,033,062 · App. 17/265,622 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Reservoir element and neuromorphic element

Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuo Shibata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
G06N3/063G06N3/08H10B61/00H10N50/85H10N52/01
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Patent No.
US 12,033,062
App. No.
17/265,622
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reservoir element includes a plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements each having a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer laminated in a first direction, and separated from each other, a spin orbit torque wiring that faces a part of at least one of the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements, and a spin-conductive layer that connects at least the magnetoresistive effect elements closest to each other of the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements, and conducts spins, wherein, the magnetoresistive effect elements are seen from the first direction, the second ferromagnetic layer overlaps part of the first ferromagnetic layer, the spin orbit torque wiring faces a first portion that does not overlap the second ferromagnetic layer in the first ferromagnetic layer when seen from the first direction, and the spin-conductive layer faces at least the first ferromagnetic layer each of the closest magnetoresistive effect elements.

Claims (25)

1. A reservoir element, comprising:

a plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements each having a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer laminated in a first direction, and separated from each other;

a spin orbit torque wiring that faces a part of at least one of the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements; and

a spin-conductive layer that connects at least the magnetoresistive effect elements closest to each other of the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements, and conducts spins,

wherein, when the magnetoresistive effect elements are seen in plan view from the first direction, the second ferromagnetic layer overlaps a part of the first ferromagnetic layer,

the spin orbit torque wiring faces a first portion that does not overlap the second ferromagnetic layer in the first ferromagnetic layer when seen in plan view from the first direction, and

the spin-conductive layer faces at least the first ferromagnetic layer each of the closest magnetoresistive effect elements.

2. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate electrode facing the spin-conductive layer and disposed between the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements.

3. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the spin orbit torque wirings are provided, and

each of the plurality of spin orbit torque wirings are connected to each of the first ferromagnetic layers.

4. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein the spin orbit torque wiring is connected to two or more first ferromagnetic layers of a plurality of first ferromagnetic layers.

5. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements are disposed in a one-dimensional array on a first surface crossing the first direction.

6. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements are disposed in a two-dimensional array on a first surface crossing the first direction.

7. The reservoir element according to claim 6 , wherein the spin-conductive layer form a lattice, and

the magnetoresistive effect elements face positions of intersections of the lattice of the spin-conductive layer.

8. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the spin-conductive layers are provided,

a first spin-conductive layer faces the first ferromagnetic layer of a magnetoresistive effect element disposed at a first height position in the first direction,

a second spin-conductive layer faces the first ferromagnetic layer of a magnetoresistive effect element disposed at a second height position in the first direction, and

the first spin-conductive layer and the second spin-conductive layer are connected to each other by a spin via wiring that conducts spins.

9. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein the spin-conductive layer includes any one metal or an alloy selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Al, Mg, and Zn.

10. The reservoir element according to claim 1 , wherein the spin-conductive layer includes any one element or compound selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, GaAs, and C.

11. A neuromorphic element, comprising:

the reservoir element according to claim 1 ;

an input part connected to the reservoir element; and

an output part connected to the reservoir element and configured to learn a signal from the reservoir element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2021
From: SASAKI, TOMOYUKI; SHIBATA, TATSUO
To: TDK CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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