1. Scalability and logic functionalities of TA-MRAMs
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K. Mackay, I. L. Prejbeanu, R. C. Sousa, Sébastien Bandiera, Jérémy Alvarez-Hérault, Clarisse Ducruet, Quentin Stainer, Bernard Dieny, Y. Conraux, Lucien Lombard, and J.-P Nozieres
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Magnetoresistive random-access memory ,Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES ,Materials science ,Induced anisotropy ,Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy ,business.industry ,Electrical engineering ,Magnetic tunnelling ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Engineering physics ,Computer Science::Hardware Architecture ,Hardware_GENERAL ,Power consumption ,Scalability ,business ,AND gate - Abstract
This paper describes the working principle of thermally assisted MRAM extending the downsize scalability of MRAM and introducing new functionalities particularly useful for security applications. Ultimately, STT switching assisted by thermally induced anisotropy reorientation can be used in MTJ with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy to obtain ultimate downsize scalability with reduced power consumption.
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- 2013
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