Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
Volume 50, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2014.2307280
Keywords
Interfacial perpendicular anisotropy (IPA); magnetoresistive random access memories (MRAM); micromagnetic model; switching
Funding
- Italian MIUR [PRIN2010ECA8P3]
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The role of universal memory can be successfully satisfied by magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) where the writing mechanism is based on spin-transfer torque (STT). An improvement in the switching properties (lower switching current density maintaining the thermal stability) has been achieved in MTJs with interfacial perpendicular anisotropy (IPA) at the interface between CoFeB and MgO. In this paper, micromagnetic simulations point out the influence of IPA and saturation magnetization (M-S) on the properties of fast magnetization reversal achieved in 5, 10, and 20 ns. Both cases of in-plane and out-of-plane free layer are considered. In addition, the thermal effect is included for the in-plane switching at 20 ns and a complete analysis of energy dissipation during the switching is illustrated. This paper can provide useful information for the design of STT-based memories.
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