Researchers from Tohoku University say they have developed the world's smallest (2.3 nm) high-performance magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs).
The design is based on the Shape-anisotropy MTJ (developed by the same researchers in 2018) in which thermal stability is enhanced by making the ferromagnetic layer thick. In this new research, the scientists used a new structure that uses magnetostatically coupled multilayered ferromagnets - which enabled the scaling down to 2.3 nm diameters.
The researchers report high data retention properties at up to 200°C and high-speed and low-voltage write operation down to 10 ns below 1V.
Posted: Dec 09,2020 by Ron Mertens