Durlam et al., 2000 - Google Patents
Nonvolatile RAM based on magnetic tunnel junction elementsDurlam et al., 2000
- Document ID
- 15161430945697323870
- Author
- Durlam M
- Naji P
- DeHerrera M
- Tehrani S
- Kerszykowski G
- Kyler K
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- 2000 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers (Cat. No. 00CH37056)
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Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), is based on magnetic memory elements integrated with CMOS. Key attributes of MRAM technology are nonvolatility and unlimited read and write endurance. Recent advances in magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) materials …
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