• DocumentCode
    1499202
  • Title

    Design Consideration of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Reliable High-Temperature Operation of STT-MRAM

  • Author

    Lee, Kangho ; Kan, Seung H.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Technol., Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1537
  • Lastpage
    1540
  • Abstract
    Commercializing spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) requires thorough investigation of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) at temperature corners. In this paper, high-temperature behaviors of MTJs are investigated in conjunction with temperature-dependent transistor characteristics in order to ensure reliable high-temperature operation of STT-MRAM.
  • Keywords
    MRAM devices; magnetic tunnelling; reliability; STT-MRAM; high-temperature operation; magnetic tunnel junctions; reliability; spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory; temperature corners; temperature-dependent transistor characteristics; Current measurement; Electrodes; Magnetic tunneling; Pulse measurements; Random access memory; Space vector pulse width modulation; Temperature dependence; Thermal stability; Tunneling magnetoresistance; Voltage; Magnetic tunnel junction; read disturb; switching current; thermal stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2010.2043645
  • Filename
    5467562