Semiconductor device and semiconductor logic device
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device based on the spin orbit torque (SOT) effect, according to an example of the present invention, comprises the first electrode; and the first cell and the second cell connected to the first electrode, wherein the first and the second cells are arranged on the first electrode separately; the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) having a free magnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer with a dielectric layer in between them; the magnetization direction of the free magnetic layer is changed when the current applied on the first electrode exceeds critical current value of each cell; and the critical current value of the first cell is different from that of the second cell.
1. A semiconductor device based on the spin orbit torque (SOT) effect comprising:
a first electrode; and
a first cell and a second cell connected to the first electrode, wherein the first and the second cells are arranged on the first electrode separately and include a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) having a free magnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer with a dielectric layer in between them,
wherein a magnetization direction of each free magnetic layer is changed when the current applied on the surface of the first electrode exceeds critical current value of each cell and the critical current value of the first cell is different from that of the second cell.
2. The semiconductor device based on the spin orbit torque (SOT) effect according to claim 1 , further comprising an input circuit to which current is applied between a first position and a second position disposed between the first cell and the second cell, a first output circuit in which current flows from the first position of the first electrode through the first cell, and a second output circuit in which current flows from the first position of the first electrode through the second cell, wherein informations of the first cell and second cell is stored in the first cell or the second cell by the current applied along the input circuit, and the information can be read by measuring the electrical characteristics of the first output circuit and the second output circuit.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a current control switch to control the current applied on the first electrode.
4. A method to control the semiconductor device based on the spin orbit torque (SOT) effect comprising an input circuit to which current is applied between a first position and a second position of a first electrode, a first cell and a second cell including a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) disposed on the first electrode and having a free magnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer interposed between a dielectric layer, a first output circuit in which current flows from the first position of the first electrode through the first cell, and a second output circuit in which current flows from the first position of the first electrode through the second cell, which is composed of the following steps:
storing information in the first cell by applying current on the first electrode by operating the input circuit; and
storing information in the second cell by applying current on the first electrode by operating the input circuit.
5. The method to control the semiconductor device based on the spin orbit torque (SOT) effect according to claim 4 , further comprising reading the informations stored in the first cell and the second cell by applying current on the first output circuit and the second output circuit.