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US 11,785,859 · App. 17/163,829 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Voltage-controlled magnetoresistance device comprising layered magnetic material and layered ferroelectric material

Inventors: Jun Woo Choi (Seongnam-Si, KR); Sang Yeop Lee (Seoul, KR); Hyejin Ryu (Seoul, KR); Chaun Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
H10N50/10H10N50/01H10N50/80H10N50/85
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Patent No.
US 11,785,859
App. No.
17/163,829
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is a magnetoresistance device, including a first layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is controlled depending on the voltage, a second layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed in a predetermined direction, and a layered insulator layer interposed between the first and second layered magnetic material layers.

Claims (19)

1. A magnetoresistance device, comprising:

a first layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is controlled depending on a voltage;

a second layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed in a predetermined direction;

a layered insulator layer interposed between the first layered magnetic material layer and the second layered magnetic material layer;

a layered metal layer; and

a layered ferroelectric material layer interposed between the first layered magnetic material layer and the layered metal layer,

wherein the layered ferroelectric material layer comprises at least one selected from among CuInP 2 S 6 , CuCrP 2 S 6 , and CrCl 2 .

2. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein planes of the first layered magnetic material layer, the second layered magnetic material layer, and the layered insulator layer are parallel to each other.

3. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein the first layered magnetic material layer has a lower coercivity than the second layered magnetic material layer.

4. The magnetoresistance device of claim 3 , wherein the first layered magnetic material layer comprises at least one selected from among Fe x GeTe 2 (in which x is 2.7 to 5), Cr 2 Ge 2 Te 6 , Cr 2 Si 2 Te 6 , CrI 2 , CrBr 3 , VSe 2 , and MnSe x (in which x is 1 to 2).

5. The magnetoresistance device of claim 3 , wherein the second layered magnetic material layer comprises at least one selected from among Fe 0.25 TaS 2 and Fe x GeTe 2 (in which x is 2.7 to 5).

6. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage is applied between the first layered magnetic material layer and the second layered magnetic material layer, and the magnetization direction of the first layered magnetic material layer is controlled by an electric field generated by the voltage in a state in which a magnetic field of a predetermined magnitude is applied.

7. The magnetoresistance device of claim 6 , wherein the magnetization direction of the first layered magnetic material layer is controlled to be identical to or opposite the magnetization direction of the second layered magnetic material layer depending on a change in a magnitude of the voltage.

8. The magnetoresistance device of claim 6 , wherein the magnetic field is applied at a predetermined magnitude within a range between a switching field of the first layered magnetic material layer when the voltage is applied at a first level and a switching field of the first layered magnetic material layer when the voltage is applied at a second level.

9. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein the layered insulator layer comprises hexagonal boron nitride.

10. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage is applied between the first layered magnetic material layer and the layered metal layer, and the magnetization direction of the first layered magnetic material layer is controlled by polarization generated in the layered ferroelectric material layer by the voltage.

11. The magnetoresistance device of claim 10 , wherein the magnetization direction of the first layered magnetic material layer is controlled to be identical to or opposite the magnetization direction of the second layered magnetic material layer depending on a direction of the polarization.

12. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein the layered metal layer comprises graphene.

13. The magnetoresistance device of claim 1 , wherein planes of the layered ferroelectric material layer and the layered metal layer are parallel to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2021
From: CHOI, JUN WOO; LEE, SANG YEOP; RYU, HYEJIN; JANG, CHAUN
To: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 055095/0590 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0133133 · Oct 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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