Researchers find that FGT is an excellent material for SOT-MRAM devices

Researchers from Seoul's National University and Pohang's University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) report that a 2D iron germanium telluride (Fe3GeTe2, or FGT) layer is an excellent candidate to be used as the basis SOT-MRAM material.

Fe3GeTe2-based SOT-MRAM device structure (POSTECH / SNU)

An SOT-MRAM based on FGT is highly energy-efficient, in fact the researchers say that the measured magnitude of SOT per applied current density is two orders of magnitude larger than the values reported previously for other candidate materials.

SOT-MRAM devices feature switching of the free magnetic layer done by injecting an in-plane current in an adjacent SOT layer, unlike STT-MRAM where the current is injected perpendicularly into the magnetic tunnel junction and the read and write operation is performed through the same path.

Posted: Dec 11,2020 by Ron Mertens