MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A memory element comprising:
- a memory portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face, wherein the magnetization is configured to change;
a magnetization-fixed portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to the film face and is a reference for the information stored in the memory portion; and
an insulating portion that is provided over the magnetization-fixed portion and is between the memory portion and the magnetization-fixed portion, the insulating portion including a first oxide film,wherein the memory portion includes a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face comes into contact with the first oxide film, and the second face comes into contact with a second oxide film.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a memory element including a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, wherein an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed, a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer, and in regard to the insulating layer and the other side layer with which the memory layer comes into contact at a side opposite to the insulating layer, at least an interface that comes into contact with the memory layer is formed of an oxide film.
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1. A memory element comprising:
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a memory portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face, wherein the magnetization is configured to change; a magnetization-fixed portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to the film face and is a reference for the information stored in the memory portion; and an insulating portion that is provided over the magnetization-fixed portion and is between the memory portion and the magnetization-fixed portion, the insulating portion including a first oxide film, wherein the memory portion includes a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face comes into contact with the first oxide film, and the second face comes into contact with a second oxide film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A memory device comprising;
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a memory element that retains information through a magnetization state of a magnetic material; and two kinds of interconnects that intersect each other, wherein the memory element comprises; a memory portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face, wherein the magnetization is configured to change; a magnetization-fixed portion that has a magnetization perpendicular to the film face and is a reference for the information stored in the memory portion; and an insulating portion that is provided over the magnetization-fixed portion and is between the memory portion and the magnetization-fixed portion, the insulating portion including a first oxide film, and wherein the memory portion includes a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face comes into contact with the first oxide film, and the second face comes into contact with a second oxide film.
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