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Two promising strategies for achieving efficient control of magnetization in future magnetic memory and non-volatile spin logic devices are spin transfer torque from spin polarized currents and voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA).…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-09-06 Luqiao Liu , Chi-Feng Pai , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

Write asymmetry, the significantly different write current for high-to-low and low-to-high resistance switching because of natural stochastic behaviors of magnetization, is a fundamental issue in magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). For…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Baiqing Jiang , Dongyang Wu , Qianwen Zhao , Kaihua Lou , Yuelei Zhao , Yan Zhou , C. Tian , Chong Bi

The asymptotic behavior of switching time as a function of current for a uniaxial macrospin under the effects of both spin-torque and thermal noise is explored analytically by focusing on its diffusive energy space dynamics. The scaling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-25 D. Pinna , A. D. Kent , D. L. Stein

Using type-x spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching scheme, in which the easy axis (EA) of the ferromagnetic (FM) layer and the charge current flow direction are collinear, is possible to realize a lower-power-consumption, higher-density, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Yan-Ting Liu , Chao-Chung Huang , Kuan-Hao Chen , Yu-Hao Huang , Chia-Chin Tsai , Ting-Yu Chang , Chi-Feng Pai

The scaling of magnetic memory into nanometer size calls for a theoretical model to accurately predict the switching current. Previous models show large discrepancy with experiments in studying the spin-orbit torque switching of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Xue Zhang , Zhengde Xu , Zhifeng Zhu

Schemes of switching nanomagnetic memories via the effect of spin torque with various polarizations of injected electrons are studied. Simulations based on macrospin and micromagnetic theories are performed and compared. We demonstrate that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Dmitri E. Nikonov , George I. Bourianoff , Graham Rowlands , Ilya N. Krivorotov

Recent development in memory technologies has introduced Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetic RAM (STT-MRAM) as the most promising replacement for SRAMs in on-chip cache memories. Besides its lower leakage power, higher density, immunity to…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Elham Cheshmikhani , Hamed Farbeh , Hossein Asad

The perpendicular shape anisotropy-spin transfer torque-magnetic random access memories (PSASTT-MRAMs) takes advantage of the nanopillar free-layer geometry for securing a good thermal stability factor from the shape anisotropy of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Wei Zhang , Zihan Tong , Yuzan Xiong , Weigang Wang , Qiming Shao

The reversal of perpendicular magnetization (PM) by electric control is crucial for high-density integration of low-power magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). Although the spin-transfer torque (STT) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) technologies…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-17 Xing-Guo Ye , Peng-Fei Zhu , Wen-Zheng Xu , Nianze Shang , Kaihui Liu , Zhi-Min Liao

In this work, we present a novel non-volatile spin transfer torque (STT) assisted spin-orbit torque (SOT) based ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) with 5 transistors and 2 magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). We perform a comprehensive…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Siri Narla , Piyush Kumar , Azad Naeemi

To make a useful STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory) device, it is necessary to be able to calculate switching rates, which determine the error rates of the device. In a single-macrospin model, one can use…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Kamaram Munira , P. B. Visscher

Voltage-gate assisted spin-orbit torque (VGSOT) writing scheme combines the advantages from voltage control of magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) effects, enabling multiple benefits for magnetic random access memory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-11 Y. C. Wu , K. Garello , W. Kim , M. Gupta , M. Perumkunnil , V. Kateel , S. Couet , R. Carpenter , S. Rao , S. Van Beek , K. K. Vudya Sethu , F. Yasin , D. Crotti , G. S. Kar

Perpendicular MgO-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions are optimal candidates as building block of Spin Transfer Torque (STT) magnetoresistive memories. However, up to now, the only STT is not enough to achieve switching current density below…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-13 M. Carpentieri , R. Tomasello , M. Ricci , P. Burrascano , G. Finocchio

We show in this paper that the technologically relevant field-like spin-orbit torque shows resilience against the geometrical effect of electron backscattering. As device grows smaller in sizes, the effect of geometry on physical properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-30 Seng Ghee Tan , Che-Chun Huang , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Ching-Ray Chang , Szu-Cheng Cheng

Spin Orbit Torque-Magnetic Random Access Memory (SOT-MRAM) is being developed as a successor to the Spin transfer torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) owing to its superior performance on the metrics of reliability and read-write speed. SOT switching of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Akanksha Chouhan , Heston A. Mendonca , Abhishek Erram , Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

In magnetic memory and logic devices, a magnet's magnetization is usually flipped with a spin polarized current delivering a spin transfer torque (STT). This mode of switching consumes too much energy and considerable energy saving can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Kuntal Roy , Supriyo Bandyopadhyay , Jayasimha Atulasimha

Spin-torque transfer magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is a promising emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technology with wide applications. However, the data recovery of STT-MRAM is affected by the diversity of channel raw bit error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Xingwei Zhong , Kui Cai , Peng Kang , Guanghui Song , Bin Dai

Spin-orbit-torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) is a promising technology for the next generation of data storage devices. The main bottleneck of this technology is the high reversal current density threshold. This outstanding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 Yin Zhang , H. Y. Yuan , X. S. Wang , X. R. Wang

The storage industry is moving toward emerging non-volatile memories (NVMs), including the spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM) and the phase-change memory (PCM), owing to their high density and low-power…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Nikhil Rangarajan , Satwik Patnaik , Johann Knechtel , Ozgur Sinanoglu , Shaloo Rakheja

We study the dynamics of a quantum spin Hall edge coupled to a magnet with its own dynamics. Using spin transfer torque principles, we analyze the interplay between spin currents in the edge state and dynamics of the axis of the magnet, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-11 Qinglei Meng , Smitha Vishveshwara , Taylor L. Hughes