• DocumentCode
    766811
  • Title

    LLG Simulation of MRAM Switching Trajectories

  • Author

    Visscher, P.B. ; Wang, Shuxia

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Alabama Univ.
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    3198
  • Lastpage
    3200
  • Abstract
    The simplest method for estimating switching rates, transition state theory (TST), badly overestimates the switching rate for common materials with low Landau-Lifshitz damping. By classifying and counting simulated switching trajectories, we show why this occurs: there are orbits that swing back and forth between the stable potential wells (and are counted as multiple switches by the TST) which are not real switches. We suggest methods for correcting the TST rate for this phenomenon, to correctly estimate the switching rate for MRAM and spin-torque systems
  • Keywords
    magnetic storage; magnetic switching; random-access storage; Landau-Lifshitz damping; MRAM switching trajectories; spin-torque systems; transition state theory; Astronomy; Computational modeling; Damping; Magnetization reversal; Orbits; Physics; Potential well; Random access memory; State estimation; Switches; Magnetic random access memory (MRAM); magnetization reversal;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2006.880152
  • Filename
    1704572