WO2018185608A1 - Magnetic sensor cell for measuring one- and two-dimensional magnetic fields and method for measuring said magnetic fields using the magnetic sensor cell - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure concerns a magnetic sensor cell having a magnetic tunnel junction that can sense one- and two-dimensional magnetic fields.
- the present disclosure also pertains to a method for sensing the one- and two-dimensional external magnetic field using the magnetic sensor cell. Description of related art
- Self-referenced magnetic tunnel junctions can be used to sense magnetic fields, in magnetic sensors or compasses.
- Self-referenced magnetic tunnel junctions typically comprise a reference layer having a reference magnetization, a sense layer having a sense magnetization and a tunnel barrier layer between the sense layer and the reference layer.
- an external magnetic field aligns the sense magnetization more parallel or more antiparallel to the reference magnetization.
- the sense layer should have a linear and non-hysteretic behavior with respect to the applied field, when measured along the pinned reference layer direction.
- the linear sensing is usually achieved by having the sense magnetization being perpendicular to the reference magnetization. This can be achieved by pinning the reference
- the anisotropy axis of the sense layer lies parallel to the plane of the sense and reference layers.
- WO2008020817 discloses a read head is which includes a first layer structure having a pinned ferromagnetic layer, a first spacer layer and a second layer structure including a synthetic anti-ferromagnetic (SAF) multi-layer structure.
- SAF synthetic anti-ferromagnetic
- the SAF multi-layer structure includes a first ferromagnetic free layer, a second ferromagnetic free layer, and a second spacer layer arranged in between the two ferromagnetic layers.
- magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer are perpendicular to a fixed magnetization of the pinned ferromagnetic layer.
- US2007228501 discloses magnetic recording element which includes a magnetic free layer whose magnetization is variable in
- US2015137292 discloses a nanoscale tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) sensor comprising an in-plane-magnetized reference layer and a free layer comprising interfacial perpendicular anisotropy, wherein the free layer comprises a sensing layer for sensing resistance as a function of applied magnetic field and is tunable to vary the direction of the sensing layer magnetization to be in-plane, canted, or out-of-plane.
- TMR tunnel magneto-resistance
- US2016252591 a method for sensing an external magnetic field using a magnetic sensor cell including: a magnetic tunnel junction including a reference layer having a reference magnetization oriented parallel to the plane of the reference layer, a sense layer having a sense magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer between the sense and reference layers.
- a field line is configured for passing a field current for providing a sense magnetic field adapted for aligning the sense magnetization.
- the sense layer magnetization is orientable between a direction parallel to the plane of the sense layer and a direction perpendicular to the plane of the sense layer when the sense magnetic field is provided.
- the external magnetic field includes an in-plane component oriented parallel to the plane of the sense layer and an out-of-plane component perpendicular to the plane of the sense layer.
- the method includes sensing the out-of-plane component; and sensing the in-plane component.
- US2014292318 discloses a magnetic biosensor which includes a magnetic stack comprising a free layer, a fixed layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the free layer and the fixed layer. At least one of the free layer or the fixed layer may have a magnetic moment oriented out of a major plane of the free layer or the fixed layer, respectively, in an absence of an external magnetic field.
- the magnetic biosensor also may include a sample container disposed over the magnetic stack, a plurality of capture antibodies attached to a bottom surface of the sample container above the magnetic stack, and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field substantially perpendicular to the major plane of the free layer or fixed layer.
- US2005207070 discloses a magnetically-coupled structure which has two ferromagnetic layers with their in-plane magnetization directions coupled orthogonally across an electrically-conducting spacer layer that induces the direct orthogonal magnetic coupling.
- the structure has application for in-stack biasing in a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor.
- CPP current-perpendicular-to-the-plane
- One of the ferromagnetic layers of the structure is a biasing ferromagnetic layer and the other ferromagnetic layer is the sensor free layer.
- An antiferromagnetic layer exchange-couples the biasing layer to fix its moment parallel to the moment of the sensor pinned layer.
- the present disclosure concerns a magnetic sensor cell comprising a magnetic tunnel junction comprising a reference layer having a reference magnetization oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the reference layer, a sense layer having a sense magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer between the sense and reference layers; the sense layer comprising an intrinsic anisotropy being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the sense layer such that the sense magnetization is orientable between an initial direction perpendicular to the plane of the sense layer and a direction parallel to the plane of the sense layer; the intrinsic anisotropy having in anisotropy field being above 150 Oe, and wherein a thickness of the tunnel barrier layer is between 1 nm and 3 nm, such that a tunnel magnetoresistance of the magnetic tunnel junction is higher than 50%.
- the present disclosure further concerns method for sensing a one-dimensional and two-dimensional external magnetic field using the magnetic sensor cell; the method comprising: pinning the reference magnetization such that it does not move in the external magnetic field;
- An advantage of the magnetic sensor cell is that the sense magnetization is always aligned perpendicular to the reference
- Fig. 1 represents a cross section view (a) and a top view (b) of a magnetic sensor cell comprising a magnetic tunnel junction with a sense layer having a sense magnetization, according to an embodiment
- Fig. 2 shows the sense layer according, to an embodiment
- Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged portion of the magnetic tunnel junction, according to an embodiment
- Fig. 4 shows a top view of the magnetic tunnel junction, according to an embodiment.
- Fig. 1 represents a cross section view (Fig. 1 a) and a top view (Fig. 1 b) of a magnetic sensor cell 1 according to an embodiment.
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 comprises a magnetic tunnel junction 2 including a reference layer 23 having a reference magnetization 230, a sense layer 21 having a sense magnetization 210 and a tunnel barrier layer 22 between the sense layer 21 and the reference layer 23.
- a current line 3 is in electrical contact with one extremity of the magnetic tunnel junction 2.
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 further comprises a field line 4 adapted for passing a sense field current 41 or a reference field current 43 such as to generate, respectively, a sense magnetic field 42 and a reference magnetic field 44.
- the reference magnetization 230 and the sense magnetization 210 can be oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the reference and sense layers 21 , 23.
- the sense layer 21 comprises an out-of-plane intrinsic anisotropy.
- the intrinsic anisotropy is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the sense layer 21.
- the anisotropy field represents the approximate magnetic field required to overcome this anisotropy and orient the sense magnetization 210 in the plane of the sense layer 21.
- the out-of-plane intrinsic anisotropy of the sense layer 21 has an anisotropy field that is above 150Oe. More generally, the anisotropy field should be greater than the minimal magnitude of an external magnetic field required for rotating (or switching) the sense magnetization 210. Thus, the anisotropy field depends on the application, i.e., the magnitude of the external magnetic field to be sensed. For example, the anisotropy field can be above 160Oe, or above 180Oe.
- the sense magnetization 210 in the absence of a magnetic field, the sense magnetization 210 is initially oriented substantially out-of-plane (see Fig. 1). In this configuration, the sense magnetization 210 is orientable between its initial out-of-plane direction and a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the sense layer 21 (in-plane) when an external magnetic field 45 is applied in a direction in-plane.
- the linear sensing is usually achieved by having the sense magnetization 210 being perpendicular to the reference magnetization 230. This can be achieved by pinning the reference magnetization 230 perpendicular to the anisotropy axis of the sense layer 21.
- the anisotropy axis of the sense layer 21 lies parallel to the plane of the sense and reference layers 21 , 23.
- the sense layer 21 comprises a ferromagnetic layer 21 1 comprising a Co x Fe y B z alloy.
- Thickness of the sense layer 21 can be varied in order to change the net perpendicular anisotropy value, i.e., the magnitude of the anisotropy field.
- the sense layer 21 can have a thickness between 0.5 nm and 2 nm.
- the ferromagnetic layer 21 1 comprises a Co2oFe 6 oB2o alloy, wherein the content is in at%.
- a thickness of the sense layer 21 of about 1.5 nm then yields a anisotropy field above 150 Oe, or above 160Oe, or above 180Oe.
- the sense layer 21 comprises a multilayer configuration comprising at least the ferromagnetic layer 21 1 and a non-magnetic layer 212.
- the non-magnetic layer 212 can comprise any one or a combination of these elements: Ta, W, Mo, Nb, Zr, Ti, MgO, Hf.
- the non-magnetic layer 212 can promote perpendicular anisotropy at CoFeB interfaces of the sense layer 21.
- each of the non-magnetic layer 212 can have a thickness comprised between 0.1 nm and 0.4 nm.
- the reference layer 23 can comprise one or a plurality of ferromagnetic layers 213, each ferromagnetic layer 213 comprising Co, Fe, Ni, CoFeB or their alloys.
- the reference layer 23 can further comprise a synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) comprising at least two of the SAF.
- ferromagnetic layer 213, two ferromagnetic layers 213 being separated by an antiparallel coupling layer comprising of of: Ru, Ir or Cu or a
- the reference layer 23 comprises the following arrangement: CoFe(2.5nm) / Ru(0.8nm) / CoFe(1 nm) / CoFeB(2nm).
- the tunnel barrier 22 can comprise, or be formed of, an insulating material. Suitable insulating materials include oxides, such as aluminum oxide (e.g., AI203) and magnesium oxide (e.g., MgO). The oxidation state of the oxide can be adjusted to increase the perpendicular anisotropy field of the sense layer 21.
- a thickness of the tunnel barrier layer 22 can be in the nm range, such as from about 1 nm to about 3 nm. An optimal thickness of the tunnel barrier 22 can achieves both
- An optimal thickness of the tunnel barrier 22 can be obtained by inserting a plurality (double or multilayer) of MgO (or another suitable oxide or insulating material) layers.
- the insulating materials is MgO and the thickness is about 1 nm.
- another insulating material layer is added in direct contact with the sense layer 21 , on the side of thesense layer 21 opposed to the one in contact with the tunnel barrier layer 22 .
- This additional insulating material layer allows for increasing the anisotropy field and thus allowing for thicker sense layer 21 while keeping high enough anisotropy field.
- Thicker sense layer 21 allows for obtaining a more robust magnetic layer and signal-noise ratio improvement of the magnetic sensor cell 1 .
- the additional insulating material layer is
- the sense layer preferably has a thickness between 1 to 3 nm, for example, 2 nm.
- the reference magnetization 230 is fixed in the presence of an external magnetic field 45 while the sense magnetization 210 can be aligned in that field.
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 can comprise an
- Suitable materials for the antiferromagnetic layer 24 include transition metals and their alloys.
- suitable antiferromagnetic materials include alloys based on manganese (Mn), such as alloys based on iridium (Ir) and Mn (e.g., IrMn); alloys based on Fe and Mn (e.g., FeMn); alloys based on platinum (Pt) and Mn (e.g., PtMn); and alloys based on Ni and Mn (e.g., NiMn).
- the high temperature threshold TH, of alloys based on Ir and Mn (or based on Fe and Mn) can be in the range of about 1 20°C to about 220°C or about 1 50°C to about 200°C, such as about 200°C, and can be smaller than the high temperature threshold TH of alloys based on Pt and Mn (or based on Ni and Mn), which can be in the range of about 300°C to about 350°C.
- antiferromagnetic layer 24 can further include oxide layers, such as NiO.
- oxide layers such as NiO.
- the antiferromagnetic layer 24 comprises a IrMn layer having of about 10 nm in thickness.
- the magnetic tunnel junction 2 comprises, in this order, a Si substrate, an underlayer, the antiferromagnetic layer 24, the reference layer 23, the tunnel barrier layer 22, the sense layer 21 and at least a cap layer.
- the underlayer can comprise a multilayer comprising one or more of: Ta, TaN, Ti, TiN, W, Cu, CuN, Ru, Cr, NiFe, Pt, Nb, Mo, Ir.
- the underlayer comprises the following arrangement:
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 can be programmed by switching the reference magnetization 230 in a predetermined direction in the plane of the reference layer 23 (see Fig. 1 b).
- the programming operation can be thermally assisted wherein the programming operation further comprises a step of heating the magnetic tunnel junction 2 to the high temperature threshold TH by passing a heating current 31 in the magnetic tunnel junction 2 via the current line 3.
- the reference magnetization 230 is then switched by applying the reference magnetic field 44. After switching the reference magnetization 230, the magnetic tunnel junction 2 can be cooled to the low temperature threshold such as to pin the reference
- Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged portion of the magnetic tunnel junction 2 of the magnetic sensor cell 1 of Fig. 1 , showing the reference layer 23, tunnel barrier layer 22 and sense layer 21 , in the presence of an external magnetic field 45 that is oriented in-plane. Also shown in Fig. 3 is x, y, z coordinates, wherein the x, y coordinates are in-plane, i.e., in the plane of the sense layer 21 (and of the reference layer 23).
- the in-plane external magnetic field 45 deflects the sense magnetization 210 from its initial orientation out-of-plane to an deflected orientation at an angle ⁇ between the 0° (out-of-plane) to 90° (in-plane).
- the sense magnetization 210 comprises an in-plane component 210' and an out-of-plane component 210".
- the sense magnetization 210 comprises only an-plane component 210'.
- sensing the magnitude of the in-plane external magnetic field 45 with magnetic sensor cell 1 can be performed by measuring a resistance R of the magnetic tunnel junction 2 when the sense magnetization 210 is deflected by the in-plane external magnetic field 45.
- Measuring a resistance R of the magnetic tunnel junction 2 can be performed by passing a sense current 32 in the magnetic tunnel junction 2 via the current line 3.
- the measured a resistance R is proportional to the relative magnitude of the reference magnetization 230 and the in-plane component 210' of the sense magnetization 210.
- the measured a resistance R is also proportional to the orientation, in the plane of the sense layer (and reference layer), of the in-plane component 210' of the sense magnetization 210 relative to the reference magnetization 230.
- Fig. 4a shows a top view of the magnetic tunnel junction 2 where the reference magnetization 230 and the in-plane component 210' of the sense magnetization 210 are visible.
- Fig. 4 illustrates the case where the in-plane external magnetic field 45 is oriented at an angle ⁇ relative to the orientation of the reference magnetization 230 (see Fig. 4b).
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 disclosed herein can thus be used for sensing (or measuring) the magnitude of the component along the reference-layer axis, i.e., along the plane of the reference layer 23, of an in- plane external magnetic field 45 oriented in-plane (unidimensional, or 1 D, applications).
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 comprises two magnetic tunnel junctions 2, wherein the storage magnetization 230 of one of the magnetic tunnel junctions 2 is aligned substantially at 90° relative to the storage magnetization 230 of the other magnetic tunnel junction 2.
- Fig. 5a shows a top view of the two magnetic tunnel junctions 2 and Fig.
- FIG. 5b shows the in-plane external magnetic field 45 oriented at an angle ⁇ to the orientation of the reference magnetization 230 of one of the magnetic tunnel junctions 2 (and at an angle 90°- ⁇ to the orientation of the reference magnetization 230 of the other magnetic tunnel junction 2).
- the two orthogonal in-plane components of the external magnetic field 45 can be measured for sensing the in-plane orientation ⁇ of the in-plane external magnetic field 45 (two-dimensional, or 2D, applications).
- one-dimensional and two-dimensional refer to an external magnetic field 45 being oriented along, respectively one and two
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 can comprise a first array and a second array, each array comprising a plurality of the magnetic tunnel junction 2 (not shown).
- the magnetic tunnel junctions 2 of the first array and the magnetic tunnel junctions 2 of the second array can have their respective (pinned) storage magnetization 230 aligned substantially at 90° from each other.
- Sensing the two orthogonal in-plane components of the external magnetic field 45 can be performed by measuring the resistance R of each of the first and second array.
- the in-plane component 201 ' of the sense magnetization 210 sense layer 21 having a strong perpendicular anisotropy has a very small (near-zero) coercivity and very small in-plane anisotropy.
- the in-plane component 201 ' has a good linearity and non-hysteretic behavior over a wide magnitude range of the in-plane external field 45.
- the magnetic sensor cell 1 disclosed herein is thus advantageous over conventional magnetic sensor cells for sensing an in-plane external field 45 and for 1 D and 2D angular applications.
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