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“#The world’s smallest high-performance magnetic tunnel junction<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Schematic illustrations of the shape-anisotropy MTJ (a) with the conventional single ferromagnetic structure (developed in 2018) and the multilayered ferromagnetic structure (b) using magnetostatic coupling. In the multilayered ferromagnetic structure, device performance can be improved by enhancing the interfacial anisotropy, and the two ferromagnets behave as a single magnet owing to magnetostatic coupling. This enables the ferromagnetic layer to become thinner while maintaining high thermal stability. \u00a9 Butsurin Jinnai and Shunsuke Fukami
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A research group from Tohoku University led by current president Hideo Ohno has developed the world’s smallest (2.3 nm) high-performance magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). This work is expected to accelerate the advancement of ultrahigh-density, low-power, high-performance non-volatile memory for a variety of app<\/a>lications, such as IoT, AI, and automobiles.<\/p>\n

The development of STT-MRAM\u2014non-volatile spintronics memory\u2014helps reduce the increasing power consumption in semiconductor device scaling. Crucial to integrating STT-MRAM in advanced integrated circuits is scaling magnetic tunnel junction\u2014a core component of STT-MRAM\u2014while improving its performance in data retention and write operation.<\/p>\n

Shape-anisotropy MTJ, proposed by the same group in 2018, has shown MTJ scaling down to single-digit nanometers while achieving sufficient data-retention (thermal-stability) properties. In the shape-anisotropy MTJ, thermal stability is enhanced by making the ferromagnetic layer thick. Once the thickness goes beyond a certain point, however, device reliability becomes degraded.<\/p>\n

To address the issue in the conventional shape-anisotropy MTJ with a single ferromagnetic structure [Fig. 1(a)], the group employed a new structure that uses magnetostatically coupled multilayered ferromagnets [Fig. 1(b)]. The developed MTJs were successfully scaled down to 2.3 nm in diameter\u2014the world’s smallest MTJ size. They also exhibited high data retention properties up to 200\u00b0C and high-speed and low-voltage write operation down to 10 ns below 1 V at a single-digit-nanometer scale.<\/p>\n

“The performance proves the developed MTJs’ capability to work with the future-generation advanced integrated circuits,” said Butsurin Jinnai, first author of the study. “Because of its material compatibility with the standard MTJ material system, CoFeB\/MgO, the proposed MTJ structure can be easily adopted in existing MTJ technology<\/a>.” The group believes that this will speed up the development of ultrahigh-density, low-power, high-performance memory for a variety of applications, such as IoT, AI, and automobiles.\n <\/p>\n\n

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Unprecedented single-digit-nanometer magnetic tunnel junction demonstrated<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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\n High-Performance Shape-Anisotropy Magnetic Tunnel Junctions down to 2.3 nm, Butsurin Jinnai*, Junta Igarashi*, Kyota Watanabe, Takuya Funatsu, Hideo Sato, Shunsuke Fukami, and Hideo Ohno. Conference: IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)<\/p>\n
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