WO2004109805A1 - 環状単磁区構造微小磁性体およびその製造方法又はそれを用いた磁気記録素子 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a micromagnetic material having a controllable magnetization loop direction and having a static annular single magnetic domain structure, a magnetic recording element having the micromagnetic material disposed on a substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the present invention relates to a magnetic random access memory using a magnetic recording element.
- next-generation main memory is required to have a high speed approaching that of SRAM, a degree of integration close to DRAM, and an unlimited rewritable and non-volatile memory. Is considered promising.
- MRAM is a magnetic random access memory, a memory that combines a magnetoresistive element and standard semiconductor technology, and is nonvolatile, operates at low voltage, has unlimited read / write levels, and has high-speed read / write.
- Features include speed and excellent radiation resistance.
- the magnetoresistive element is an element having a state of a high resistance value and a state of a low resistance value depending on the state of magnetization.
- the state of magnetization is determined by detecting this resistance value.
- a method of measuring a tunnel current between two ferromagnetic layers sandwiching a thin nonmagnetic layer (TMR: tunneling magneto resistive) can be considered.
- the recording area in ultra-high-density magnetic recording is already in the nanoscale area. It is known that the behavior of the magnetic domain structure and the magnetization reversal process of the nanoscale magnetic material is completely different from what is called bulk magnetism. For example, micro It is known that magnetic disks of submicron size have a spiral vortex domain structure at the center.
- Non-Patent Document 1 a concentric spiral structure with a closed magnetic domain structure is observed in a nano-scale circular or ring-shaped ferromagnetic material.
- Non-Patent Document 4 In addition, in the nanoscale ring-shaped ferromagnetic material, by applying and removing an external magnetic field, a local vortex structure is generated and grown, and the entire ring changes from a unidirectionally magnetized state to a vortex structure. Going and the opposite are known. (See Non-Patent Document 4)
- transient magnetization distortions include C-mode and S-mode, and the C-mode is known to be dominant when the size is smaller.
- current MRAMs use an inductive magnetic field for writing in principle, so it is difficult to reduce the write current, and it is difficult to reduce the wiring width and peripheral circuit area to avoid the influence of other inductive magnetic fields. . Therefore, an element that can stably control the magnetization even with a small write current is required.
- the magnetization state is expected to take a vortex structure, but the direction of the magnetization at that time must be controlled. It is extremely difficult, and depending on the situation of the magnetization distribution distortion that occurs in the transient state, it can be clockwise or counterclockwise.
- nano-scale cell area is indispensable for practical use of MRAM, but in that case, the problem that the normal magnetization method cannot control the magnetization state of the cell, that is, the direction of magnetization rotation, is possible. There is. Therefore, even though the current type of MRAM can be replaced with SRAM or Flash EE PROM, it is not suitable for mixed with DRAM, and it is difficult to replace with DRAM.
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned technical problems and to provide a magnetic memory element that can be used as a main memory in combination with a DRAM or as a substitute for a DRAM. It consists of the following technical items. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention employs the following solution in order to achieve the above object.
- the present invention (1) is composed of a plate-shaped ferromagnetic material, and its plane portion shape has a line symmetry axis.
- a micromagnetic material which has an asymmetric shape with respect to a direction perpendicular to the axis of line symmetry and exhibits an annular single domain structure when the parallel external magnetic field disappears.
- the present invention (2) comprises a ferromagnetic material, and has a plane portion parallel to a parallel external magnetic field which can be controlled to be turned on / off and inverted.
- the planar portion has an asymmetric axis that is asymmetric with respect to the parallel external magnetic field and bilaterally symmetric with respect to a direction perpendicular to the parallel external magnetic field.
- a micromagnetic material characterized by exhibiting an annular single magnetic domain structure when erased after being erased.
- the flat portion has a notch that is bilaterally symmetrical with respect to one line symmetry axis and bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the other line symmetry axis with respect to a shape having two mutually perpendicular line symmetry axes.
- a notch that is bilaterally symmetrical with respect to one line symmetry axis and bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the other line symmetry axis with respect to a shape having two mutually perpendicular line symmetry axes.
- the present invention (1) or the present invention (1) or (2), wherein, when the parallel external magnetic field is applied, the magnetic flux azimuth at the peripheral end of the magnetic material shows a circumferential distribution including a portion that changes discontinuously.
- the micromagnetic material according to any one of the inventions.
- the planar portion has a shape having two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry, and a length having one long axis as a long side and less than half of the other short axis.
- the present invention (1) or the present invention, characterized in that, when the parallel external magnetic field is applied, the direction of magnetization at the peripheral end of the magnetic material shows a circumferential distribution including a portion where the magnetization changes discontinuously.
- the micromagnetic material according to any one of the inventions (2).
- the present invention (5) is the micromagnetic body according to any one of the present inventions (1) to (4), wherein the planar portion has a maximum width of 10 nm or less.
- the present invention (6) provides an external magnetic field having at least one or more ferromagnetic region layers on a non-ferromagnetic substrate and capable of applying a parallel magnetic field capable of on / off and inversion control to the ferromagnetic region layers.
- the planar shape of the ferromagnetic region layer is bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the parallel magnetic field of the external magnetic field generating means, and has a line symmetry axis that is bilaterally symmetric with respect to a direction perpendicular to the parallel magnetic field. So,
- the ferromagnetic region layer has an annular single domain structure, and the external magnetic field is deflected.
- a magnetic recording element characterized in that the external magnetic field is extinguished after being applied in reverse, so that the ferromagnetic region layer has an annular single magnetic domain structure having an opposite magnetization direction.
- the present invention (7) provides an external magnetic field having at least one or more ferromagnetic region layers on a non-ferromagnetic substrate and capable of applying a parallel magnetic field capable of on-off and inversion control to the ferromagnetic region layers.
- the planar shape of the ferromagnetic region layer is bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the parallel magnetic field of the external magnetic field generating means, and has a line symmetry axis that is bilaterally symmetric with respect to a direction perpendicular to the parallel magnetic field. So,
- the annular single domain structure of the ferromagnetic region layer does not change after the magnetic field disappears.
- the ferromagnetic region layer has a vertically laminated structure with the nonmagnetic layer interposed therebetween, and at least one of the upper and lower ferromagnetic region layers is more negative than the other ferromagnetic region layer.
- the present invention (9) is the magnetic recording element according to the present invention (8), wherein the aspect ratio is due to a difference in thickness of the ferromagnetic region layer having the same planar shape.
- the present invention (10) is the magnetic recording element according to the present invention (8), wherein the aspect ratio is based on a difference in the plane area of the entire ferromagnetic region.
- the planar portion shape has a notch that is bilaterally symmetric about one linear symmetry axis and bilaterally asymmetric about the other linear symmetry axis with respect to a shape having two mutually perpendicular linear symmetry axes.
- a notch that is bilaterally symmetric about one linear symmetry axis and bilaterally asymmetric about the other linear symmetry axis with respect to a shape having two mutually perpendicular linear symmetry axes.
- the present invention (6) to (6) to (6) to (6), wherein, when the parallel external magnetic field is applied, the magnetization direction at the peripheral end of the ferromagnetic region layer shows a circumferential distribution including a portion where the magnetization changes discontinuously.
- the magnetic recording element according to any one of the inventions.
- the plane portion shape may be a shape having two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry, and a length having one long axis as a long side and less than half the length of the other short axis. Side The shape of the outer edge when a rectangle is projected,
- the present invention (13) is the magnetic recording element according to any one of the present inventions (6) to (12), wherein the flat part has a maximum part width of 10 nm or less.
- a write bit line and a write word line are further provided above and below the ferromagnetic region layer, respectively, and a combined induction magnetic field generated by energizing these wirings is generated by the above-described method.
- the axis of symmetry of the ferromagnetic region layer is arranged so as to act as a parallel external magnetic field! !
- the magnetic recording element according to any one of the present inventions (6) to (14).
- a plurality of the ferromagnetic region layers are stacked in a vertical direction such that a plane portion of each ferromagnetic region layer is parallel and a nonmagnetic layer is interposed between the ferromagnetic region layers.
- the orientations of the axis of symmetry of each plane portion are vertically arranged with a phase difference from each other, and depending on the direction of the synthetic induction magnetic field generated from the write bit line and the write word line, the lowermost layer and / or the uppermost layer may be arranged.
- 1 is a magnetic recording element of the invention.
- the present invention (16) provides a magnetic recording element according to any one of the present invention (14) and (15) arranged on the non-ferromagnetic substrate so that each magnetic recording element can be independently selected.
- a magnetic random access memory is provided.
- a plurality of magnetic recording elements may have the same plane-portion symmetric axes of ferromagnetic region layers of the same height in adjacent magnetic recording elements.
- the present invention (18) relates to a micromagnetic substance which is a plate-like ferromagnetic substance and whose plane portion has a line-symmetric axis and is asymmetric in a direction perpendicular to the line-symmetric axis, Arranging the axis of line symmetry perpendicular to the direction of application of the parallel external magnetic field in a region where
- External magnetic field forming means for applying the parallel external magnetic field to the minute magnetic body is arranged;
- a method for manufacturing a micromagnetic body having an annular single magnetic domain structure characterized in that the direction of a magnetic field to be applied can be changed with the parallel external magnetic field forming means.
- the present invention (20) is characterized in that the micromagnetic material is settled by one or a combination of a sputtering method, an electron beam evaporation method, and a molecular beam epitaxy method.
- the present invention (21) provides a micromagnetic device including at least a step of drawing a write line, a step of drawing a magnetoresistive element, and a step of drawing a write bit line on a nonmagnetic substrate.
- a micromagnetic device including at least a step of drawing a write line, a step of drawing a magnetoresistive element, and a step of drawing a write bit line on a nonmagnetic substrate.
- a first micromagnetic material which is a plate-shaped ferromagnetic material and whose plane portion has a line-symmetric axis and is asymmetric in a direction perpendicular to the line-symmetric axis, is referred to as the write pad line.
- a second micromagnetic body made of the same material as the first micromagnetic body and having a different aspect ratio is arranged so that the interface is parallel.
- Method for manufacturing a magnetic recording element made of a micromagnetic material having a ring-shaped single magnetic domain structure wherein the control of the synthetic induction magnetic field makes it possible to control at least the magnetization direction of the micromagnetic material having a small aspect ratio when the induced magnetic field disappears.
- the present invention (22) provides a magnetic recording element according to the present invention (21), wherein the aspect ratio is due to a difference in thickness of the ferromagnetic region layer having the same planar shape. Production method.
- the present invention (23) is a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording element according to the present invention (21), wherein the aspect ratio is based on a difference in the plane area of the entire ferromagnetic region. .
- the planar portion shape has two mutually-symmetric axes of symmetry perpendicular to each other.
- a notch is provided on the outer periphery of the shape, which is bilaterally symmetric about one axis of symmetry and bilaterally asymmetric about the other axis of symmetry,
- the present invention is characterized in that, when the parallel external magnetic field is applied, the magnetization direction at the peripheral end of the ferromagnetic region layer shows a circumferential distribution including a portion where the magnetization changes discontinuously (18).
- the plane portion shape may be a shape having two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry, and a length having one long axis as a long side and less than half the length of the other short axis. The shape of the outer edge when the rectangle as the side is projected,
- the planar portion has a maximum portion width of 10 nm or less. Manufacturing method.
- a write bit line and a write code line are further provided above and below the ferromagnetic region layer, respectively, and a combined induction magnetic field generated by energizing these wirings is generated.
- the present invention (28) is characterized in that a plurality of the ferromagnetic region layers are vertically stacked such that the plane portions of the ferromagnetic region layers are parallel and a nonmagnetic layer is interposed between the ferromagnetic region layers.
- the orientations of the axis of symmetry of each plane are vertically arranged with a phase difference from each other, and the lowermost layer and Z or uppermost layer are determined depending on the direction of the synthetic induction magnetic field generated from the write bit line and the write lead line.
- the present invention (18) to (27) characterized in that the magnetization direction of any one or more intermediate ferromagnetic region layers excluding the ferromagnetic region layer of (1) can be independently controlled.
- the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording element according to any one of the present invention (27) and (28), wherein a plurality of the magnetic recording elements are provided on the non-ferromagnetic substrate.
- the present invention (30) provides the magnetic recording element, wherein a plurality of the magnetic recording elements are arranged on the non-ferromagnetic substrate.
- the magnetic random number of the present invention (29) is characterized in that the plane-portion line-symmetric axes of the ferromagnetic region layers of the same height of adjacent magnetic recording elements are arranged so as not to be in the same direction. Manufacturing method of access memory.
- the direction of magnetization (direction of polarization) in the local region is not necessarily parallel to the external magnetic field even under an external magnetic field due to the effect of the shape anisotropy of the ferromagnetic region.
- a discontinuity in the magnetization orientation distribution occurs along the outer edge shape of the ferromagnetic region.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a planar portion shape of a micro magnetic body according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a magnetization history with respect to an external magnetic field in the micro magnetic body according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a magnetic recording system using a micro magnetic body according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a magnetic body thickness dependency in a vortex annihilation magnetic field.
- Fig. 5 shows the dependence of the vortex annihilation magnetic field on the magnetic material diameter.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an element in the case where an MRAM is configured using the micromagnetic material according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a cell arrangement when an MRAM is configured using the micromagnetic material according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an element structure in the case of a multi-value recording element according to the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a planar portion shape of a ferromagnetic material employed in the present invention.
- the shape of this flat part is a circular shape with a part cut out or a part with an overhang, a shape that is asymmetrical left and right with respect to the direction of the external magnetic field, and symmetrical with respect to the vertical direction.
- a rectangle whose diameter D is the long side and whose short side is 0.25 XD is set so that the long side passes through the center of the circle. Place The projection shape in this case is adopted as a planar shape. The thickness was set to 50 nm.
- the present invention is not limited to the shape shown in FIG. Example 1:
- FIG. 2 shows the state of the magnetization direction when simulating the ferromagnetic material shown in FIG. 1 when an external magnetic field of 1000 e is applied.
- the application direction of the external magnetic field and the long side of the rectangle are arranged in parallel, and are asymmetric with respect to the external magnetic field and symmetrical in the vertical direction with respect to the external magnetic field.
- the state of magnetization when an external magnetic field of 1000 ° is applied from left to right in the figure is shown in the square on the right.
- the magnetization in the ferromagnetic material was also almost parallel to the external magnetic field.
- the direction of magnetization of the rectangular portion protruding from the outer circumference of the circle is not completely parallel to the external magnetic field, and discontinuity occurs in the change in the direction of magnetization at the outer circumference of the ferromagnetic material. Turned out to be. This is probably due to the edge effect.
- the state of magnetization when the external magnetic field is removed from this state is shown in the upper center square in the figure. As a result, a closed single magnetic domain with a clockwise vortex structure was formed.
- the magnetic material when a rightward or leftward external magnetic field is applied to the half-clockwise magnetic material, the magnetic material can be similarly magnetized in the same direction as the external magnetic field, indicating reproducibility. Was done.
- the direction of magnetization could be freely aligned to one direction depending on the direction in which the external magnetic field was applied from the upper state in the center of the figure.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the principle of a case where a magnetic recording element is formed using the micromagnetic material according to the present invention.
- the thickness of the lower magnetic layer is increased to form a fixed layer (3), and the upper thin magnetic layer is a free layer (1).
- the present invention provides a magnetic recording element in which writing is performed by controlling the direction of a vortex magnetic field of a free layer by an external magnetic field, and reading is performed by determining the direction of the magnetization using the magnetoresistance effect. is there.
- FIGS. Figure 4 shows the results of measuring the magnitude of the external magnetic field at which the vortex magnetic field disappears by varying the thickness of the ferromagnetic material having a diameter of 1 micron.
- FIG. 5 shows the results obtained by varying the diameter of a ferromagnetic material having a thickness of 50 nm in various ways and similarly measuring the magnitude of the external magnetic field where the vortex magnetic field disappears.
- Example 3 With respect to the micromagnetic material according to the present invention, the direction perpendicular to the left-right symmetry axis of the magnetic material should be parallel to the direction of the composite magnetic field generated by the write bit line and the write word line (wwl, ww2). And configured a magnetic random access memory.
- Figure 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the device. Read bit lines and read word lines (rwl, rw 2) were also laid separately. Since the current amount of these read lines is smaller than that of the write lines, they do not affect the direction of magnetization in the magnetoresistive element.
- the induction magnetic field does not combine with the induction magnetic field.
- the current amounts of the write lead line and write bit line are set so as not to exceed.
- the resistance value between the two ferromagnetic layers decreases, and conversely, in the opposite direction, the resistance value increases. If the desired cell is selected by using the bit line and the read word line and the magnitude of the tunnel current is detected, the magnetization direction of the free layer (1) of the cell can be read.
- FIG. 8 shows an outline of a cell configuration for recording multi-values in one cell.
- ferromagnetic regions are vertically arranged in multiple layers.
- the fixed layers fxl, fx2
- the free layers fr1 to fr4
- the aspect ratio can be increased, and the influence on the magnetic resistance due to the disturbance of the magnetization orientation in the peripheral portion of the free layer due to the shape anisotropy can be minimized.
- the tunnel barrier layers (tbl to tb5) are interposed between the layers, the axis of symmetry of the plane of each free layer (frl to fr4) is vertically stacked with a phase shift of 90 degrees. .
- the phase difference between each free layer is not limited to 90 degrees. Considering the layout of the word lines for writing and the bit lines for writing, multilayering is prepared in the case of 90 degrees.
- the magnetic field perpendicular to the line symmetry axis of one free layer is equal to or greater than the vortex annihilation magnetic field, and the magnetic field component perpendicular to the line symmetry axis of the other free layer is free for the write word line and the write bit line.
- the present invention it is possible to control the direction of magnetization in the vortex structure even in a nanoscale micromagnetic material. This has made it possible to further reduce the cell area, and has provided technical prospects for combining with DRAM and replacing with DRAM.o
- the magnetic body of the present invention since the shape anisotropy is present, if the symmetric axes of the shape anisotropy of each magnetoresistive effect element are arranged in a vertical direction with a phase shift, the magnetic layers of the other layers can be formed. Since the influence of the induced magnetic field applied from the write lead wire can be suppressed to a small level, multilayer arrangement is possible and further higher integration is expected. Further, in the present invention, since a pin layer for fixing one magnetization direction is not required, the process of manufacturing a device such as an MRAM can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the integration density.
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