Chromium Oxide for Enhanced Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Case ID:
UA18-203
Invention:

This invention is a novel magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) design, which utilizes an antiferromagnetic material in a new configuration to reduce high switching energies in spintronics. 

 

Background:
Spintronics represents a promising solution to ever increasing power consumption and heat generation in semiconductor transistors by utilizing both electron spin and charge to store and convey information. Current spintronic technologies may exhibit unacceptably high dynamic power consumption, due to switching energies.

 

Applications:

  • Spintronics
  • Electronics power consumption
  • Electronics heat management
  • Internet of Things (IoT)

 

Advantages:

  • Tighter packing arrangements enabled by antiferromagnetics
  • Low switching energy

Status: issued U.S. patent #11,793,086 and #12,096,698

Patent Information:
Contact For More Information:
Jonathan Larson
Senior Licensing Manager, College of Science
The University of Arizona
jonathanlarson@arizona.edu
Lead Inventor(s):
Weigang Wang
Ty Newhouse-Illige
Ali Habiboglu
Yihong Cheng
Shufeng Zhang
Meng Xu
Pravin Khanal
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