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Abstract
【解決手段】磁気記憶装置であって、スピン偏極電流により磁化の向きが変化する強磁性の記憶層32と磁化の向きが一定の強磁性の参照層34を有し、記憶層32の磁化状態により抵抗が変化する磁気抵抗効果素子30と、磁気抵抗効果素子30に接続された選択トランジスタ10と、を具備している。そして、選択トランジスタ10のゲート電極16は、少なくとも一部に強磁性層を有し、参照層34と反対方向に磁化されている。
【選択図】 図1
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図1は、第1の実施形態に係わる磁気記憶装置の概略構成を示す断面図である。この実施形態は、1個のMTJ素子と1個の選択トランジスタからMRAMを構成した例である。図には1つのMRAMしか示さないが、実際には複数個のMRAMがマトリクス配置されている。
図5は、第2実施形態に係わる磁気記憶装置の概略構成を示す断面図である。なお、図1と同一部分には同一符号を付して、その詳しい説明は省略する。
図8は、第3の実施形態に係わる磁気記憶装置の概略構成を示す断面図である。なお、図1と同一部分には同一符号を付して、その詳しい説明は省略する。
図9は、第4の実施形態に係わる磁気記憶装置の概略構成を示す断面図である。なお、図5と同一部分には同一符号を付して、その詳しい説明は省略する。
なお、本発明は上述した各実施形態に限定されるものではない。
11…半導体基板
12…素子分離絶縁層
13…ソース領域
14…ドレイン領域
15…ゲート絶縁膜
16…ゲート電極(ゲート電極磁性層)
21,23…コンタクト
22…配線層(/BL)
24…引き出し線
25…下部電極
26…上部電極
27…配線層(BL)
28,29…層間絶縁層
30…MTJ素子(磁気抵抗効果素子)
31…下地層
32…記憶層
33…トンネルバリア層
34…参照層
35…非磁性金属層
36…シフト調整層
46…ゲート電極
47…強磁性層
Claims (5)
- スピン偏極電流により磁化の向きが変化する強磁性の記憶層と磁化の向きが一定の強磁性の参照層を有し、前記記憶層の磁化状態により抵抗が変化する磁気抵抗効果素子と、
前記磁気抵抗効果素子に接続された選択トランジスタとを具備し、
前記選択トランジスタのゲート電極は、少なくとも一部に強磁性層を有し、前記参照層と反対方向に磁化されていることを特徴とする磁気記憶装置。 - 前記ゲート電極は、導電性の強磁性層で形成され、前記強磁性層が前記参照層と反対方向に磁化されていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の磁気記憶装置。
- 前記ゲート電極は、非磁性金属層と強磁性層との積層構造を有し、前記強磁性層が前記参照層と反対方向に磁化されていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の磁気記憶装置。
- 前記磁気抵抗効果素子は、前記記憶層と前記参照層との間に絶縁層を挟んで形成された磁気トンネル接合素子であることを特徴とする請求項1〜3の何れかに記載の磁気記憶装置。
- 前記磁気抵抗効果素子は、前記選択トランジスタのドレインに、コンタクトを介して接続、又はコンタクト及び引き出し線を介して接続され、前記選択トランジスタに近接配置されていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の磁気記憶装置。
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