JP2006332527A - 磁気記憶素子 - Google Patents

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JP2006332527A
JP2006332527A JP2005157459A JP2005157459A JP2006332527A JP 2006332527 A JP2006332527 A JP 2006332527A JP 2005157459 A JP2005157459 A JP 2005157459A JP 2005157459 A JP2005157459 A JP 2005157459A JP 2006332527 A JP2006332527 A JP 2006332527A
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Takashi Osanaga
隆志 長永
Takeharu Kuroiwa
丈晴 黒岩
Hiroshi Kobayashi
浩 小林
Satokatsu Haiyama
沙徳克 拜山
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    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
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    • G11B5/127Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive
    • G11B5/33Structure or manufacture of flux-sensitive heads, i.e. for reproduction only; Combination of such heads with means for recording or erasing only
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    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
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    • G11C11/14Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using magnetic elements using thin-film elements
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B82YSPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
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    • G11C11/22Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using ferroelectric elements
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10NELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N50/00Galvanomagnetic devices
    • H10N50/10Magnetoresistive devices
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10BELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
    • H10B61/00Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices
    • H10B61/20Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices comprising components having three or more electrodes, e.g. transistors
    • H10B61/22Magnetic memory devices, e.g. magnetoresistive RAM [MRAM] devices comprising components having three or more electrodes, e.g. transistors of the field-effect transistor [FET] type
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/11Magnetic recording head
    • Y10T428/1107Magnetoresistive
    • Y10T428/1114Magnetoresistive having tunnel junction effect
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/11Magnetic recording head
    • Y10T428/1107Magnetoresistive
    • Y10T428/1143Magnetoresistive with defined structural feature

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JP2005157459A 2005-05-30 2005-05-30 磁気記憶素子 Pending JP2006332527A (ja)

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JP2005157459A JP2006332527A (ja) 2005-05-30 2005-05-30 磁気記憶素子
KR1020060046932A KR20060124578A (ko) 2005-05-30 2006-05-25 자기저항효과에 의해 데이터를 기억하는 자기기억소자
TW095118753A TW200703328A (en) 2005-05-30 2006-05-26 Magnetic storage element
US11/442,290 US8036024B2 (en) 2005-05-30 2006-05-30 Magnetic storage element storing data by magnetoresistive effect

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