Enhanced Thermal Stability in Magnetic Random-Access Memory Cells With Free Layer Composed of Multilayer Co/Pt Coupled to Co2Fe6B2 With Interfacial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy
- Authors
- Beek, Jong-Ung; Jung, Sun-Hwa; Jun, Han-Sol; Ashiba, Kei; Choi, Jin-Young; Park, JEA GUN
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Keywords
- Spin electronics; spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory; thermal stability; retention time
- Citation
- IEEE MAGNETICS LETTERS, v.10
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- IEEE MAGNETICS LETTERS
- Volume
- 10
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/2972
- DOI
- 10.1109/LMAG.2019.2939739
- ISSN
- 1949-307X
- Abstract
- A novel perpendicular spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory spin valve with a memory-cell size below 20 nm x 20 nm and a thermal stability factor Delta of similar to 77 (10-year retention time) was designed by ferromagnetically coupling a multiple free layer [Co/Pt](n) to Co2Fe6B2 having interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (i-PMA) instead of coupling to a conventional double i-PMA free layer (Delta = 33). Thermal stability (Delta) increased with an increase of n in the [Co(0.47nm)/Pt(0.23 nm)] n multiple free layer. In particular, Delta = 80 could be achieved with n = 4 for a 15 nm x 15 nm memory-cell size. However, the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio, which should be above 150% to assure a reasonable sensing margin, rapidly decreased from 190% to 98% with an increase in n from 0 to 4. This decrease was associated with W and Pt atomic diffusion into the MgO tunneling barrier. Improvement in the crystallinity of the MgO tunneling barrier increased the TMR ratio to 144% for n = 4.
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