420results about "Conductive/insulating/magnetic material on magnetic film application" patented technology

A method and system for providing a magnetic element and a magnetic memory utilizing the magnetic element are described. The magnetic element is used in a magnetic device that includes a contact electrically coupled to the magnetic element. The method and system include providing pinned, nonmagnetic spacer, and free layers. The free layer has an out-of-plane demagnetization energy and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy corresponding to a perpendicular anisotropy energy that is less than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned and free layers. The method and system also include providing a perpendicular capping layer adjoining the free layer and the contact. The perpendicular capping layer induces at least part of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the free layer. The magnetic element is configured to allow the free layer to be switched between magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic element.

A method and system for providing a magnetoresistive structure is disclosed. The magnetoresistive structure includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, a free layer, a filter layer, a specular layer, a barrier layer, and a capping layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer resides between the pinned layer and the free layer. The free layer is electrically conductive and resides between the filter layer and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The specular layer includes a first material and is electrically insulating. The barrier layer resides between the specular oxide layer and the capping layer. The barrier layer is nonmagnetic and includes a second material different material from the first material. The capping layer includes a third material different from the second material.

A method and system for providing a magnetic structure that includes at least one magnetic material is disclosed. The method and system include defining the magnetic structure. The magnetic structure also includes a top layer that is insensitive to an istroropic carbonyl reactive ion etch. The defining of the magnetic structure results in at least one artifact. The method and system further includes cleaning the at least one artifact using at least one isotropic carbonyl reactive ion etch.

A method and system for providing a spin filter is disclosed. The method and system include providing a pinned layer, a free layer, and a conductive nonmagnetic spacer layer between the pinned layer and the free layer. The method and system also include providing a spin filter layer and a capping layer on the spin filter layer. The spin filter layer is adjacent to the free layer. The spin filter layer is on an opposite side of the free layer as the nonmagnetic spacer layer and includes at least Pt and / or Rh. The capping layer has a specular reflection layer therein. In one aspect, the specular reflection layer allows specular reflection of current carriers traveling from the spin filter layer to the specular reflection layer. In another aspect, the specular reflection layer includes at least Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Al, Mo, W, Si, Cr, V, Ni, Co, and Fe.

A method and system for providing a magnetoresistive structure is disclosed. The magnetoresistive structure includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, a free layer, a specular layer, a barrier layer, and a capping layer. The spacer layer resides between the pinned layer and the free layer. The free layer is electrically conductive and resides between the specular layer and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The specular layer is adjacent to the free layer and includes at least one of titanium oxide, yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, nickel oxide, iron oxide, zirconium oxide, niobium oxide, and tantalum oxide. The barrier layer resides between the specular layer and the capping layer. The barrier layer is nonmagnetic and includes a first material. The capping layer includes a second material different from the first material.

A nanopost glass array contains up to 1012 / cm2 of magnetizable nanoposts having diameter of 10-1000 nm that are straight and parallel to each other and are typically of a uniform diameter relative to each other and along the post length. The array is made using a reference electrode and a nanochannel glass template structure connected to each other electrically through an electrical source and both disposed in a plating solution. A magnetizable material is electroplated from the plating solution into the channels of the template structure.

A method and system for providing a magnetic element and a magnetic memory utilizing the magnetic element are described. The magnetic element is used in a magnetic device that includes a contact electrically coupled to the magnetic element. The method and system include providing pinned, nonmagnetic spacer, and free layers. The free layer has an out-of-plane demagnetization energy and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy corresponding to a perpendicular anisotropy energy that is less than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned and free layers. The method and system also include providing a perpendicular capping layer adjoining the free layer and the contact. The perpendicular capping layer induces at least part of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the free layer. The magnetic element is configured to allow the free layer to be switched between magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic element.

A direct-write method and apparatus for depositing a functional material with a preferred orientation onto a target surface. The method comprises the following steps: (1) forming a precursor fluid to the functional material, with the fluid containing a liquid component; (2) operating a dispensing device to discharge and deposit the precursor fluid onto the target surface in a substantially point-by-point manner and at least partially removing the liquid component from the deposited fluid to form a thin layer of the functional material which is substantially solidified and is of a predetermined pattern; and (3) during the liquid-removing step, subjecting the deposited fluid to a highly localized electric or magnetic field for poling until a preferred orientation is attained in the deposited functional material. The invention also provides a freeform fabrication method for building a multi-layer device, such as a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), which contains sensor and actuator elements that exhibits piezoelectric, pyroelectric, ferromagnetic, electro-optic and / or other functional properties.

Methods are provided for forming uniformly thin layers in magnetic devices. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) can produce layers that are uniformly thick on an atomic scale. Magnetic tunnel junction dielectrics, for example, can be provided with perfect uniformity in thickness of 4 monolayers or less. Furthermore, conductive layers, including magnetic and non-magnetic layers, can be provided by ALD without spiking and other non-uniformity problems. The disclosed methods include forming metal oxide layers by multiple cycles of ALD and subsequently reducing the oxides to metal. The oxides tend to maintain more stable interfaces during formation.

According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes depositing a magnetic recording layer on a substrate, forming masks on areas corresponding to recording regions of the magnetic recording layer, partially etching the magnetic recording layer in areas not covered with the masks with an etching gas to form protrusions and recesses on the magnetic recording layer, modifying the magnetic recording layer remaining in the recesses with Ne gas to form non-recording regions, and forming a protecting film on an entire surface.

A method according to embodiments of the present invention comprises providing a magnetic stack comprising a magnetic layer sub-stack comprising magnetic layers and a bottom conductive electrode and a top conductive electrode electrically connecting the magnetic layer sub-stack at opposite sides thereof; providing a sacrificial pillar on top of the magnetic stack, the sacrificial pillar having an undercut with respect to an overlying second sacrificial material and a sloped foot with increasing cross-sectional dimension towards the magnetic stack, using the sacrificial pillar for patterning the magnetic stack, depositing an insulating layer around the sacrificial pillar, selectively removing the sacrificial pillar, thus creating a contact hole towards the patterned magnetic stack, and filling the contact hole with electrically conductive material.

An ultra-miniature magnetic device generally comprises a conductive winding and a magnetic core. The conductive winding includes an upper conductor and a lower conductor. The magnetic core is of an elongate rectangular or oval shape having two elongate sections and two short sections. The lower conductor is preferably positioned below the elongate sections of the magnetic core while the upper conductor is preferably positioned above the elongate sections of the magnetic core. The lower and upper conductors are electrically connected by conducting via structures that are formed in sequential steps using semiconductor processing technology. The result is a coil winding around the elongate sections, with the short sections being preferably free of windings. The process provides an advantage of avoiding shorting between the via structures and the magnetic core caused by overetching when etching the via holes.

A multi-layer, multi-turn structure for an inductor having a plurality of conductor layers separated by layers of insulator is described. The inductor further comprises a connector electrically connected between the conductor layers. The structure of the inductor may comprise a cavity therewithin. The structure of the inductor constructed such that electrical resistance is reduced therewithin, thus increasing the efficiency of the inductor. The inductor is particularly useful at operating within the radio frequency range and greater.

As part of the fabrication of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), a magnesium oxide (MgO) tunnel barrier is reactively sputter deposited from a Mg target in the presence of reactive oxygen gas (O2) in the “high-voltage” state to assure that deposition occurs with the Mg target in its metallic mode, i.e., no or minimal oxidation. Because the metallic mode of the Mg target has a finite lifetime, a set of O2 flow rates and associated sputter deposition times are established, with each flow rate and deposition time assuring that deposition occurs with the Mg target in the metallic mode and resulting in a known tunnel barrier thickness. The commencement of undesirable Mg target oxidation is associated with a decrease in target voltage, so the sputtering can also be terminated by monitoring the target voltage and terminating application of power to the target when the voltage reaches a predetermined value.

A multi-layer, multi-turn structure for an inductor having a plurality of conductor layers separated by layers of insulator is described. The inductor further comprises a connector electrically connected between the conductor layers. The structure of the inductor may comprise a cavity therewithin. The structure of the inductor constructed such that electrical resistance is reduced therewithin, thus increasing the efficiency of the inductor. The inductor is particularly useful at operating within the radio frequency range and greater.

The present invention relates to a magnetic sheet, a wireless charging sheet, and a method for manufacturing a magnetic sheet. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic sheet used in a wireless charging sheet, which includes a metal sheet layer consisting of a plurality of divided segments; and an insulating material filled in a dividing space between the segments and forms a magnetic path of a magnetic field generated around a coil, is provided. Further, a wireless charging sheet and a method for manufacturing a magnetic sheet are provided.

A multi-layer, multi-turn structure for an inductor having a plurality of conductor layers separated by layers of insulator is described. The inductor further comprises a connector electrically connected between the conductor layers. The structure of the inductor may comprise a cavity therewithin. The structure of the inductor constructed such that electrical resistance is reduced therewithin, thus increasing the efficiency of the inductor. The inductor is particularly useful at operating within the radio frequency range and greater.

A multi-layer, multi-turn structure for an inductor having a plurality of conductor layers separated by layers of insulator is described. The inductor further comprises a connector electrically connected between the conductor layers. The structure of the inductor may comprise a cavity therewithin. The structure of the inductor constructed such that electrical resistance is reduced therewithin, thus increasing the efficiency of the inductor. The inductor is particularly useful at operating within the radio frequency range and greater.

A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium (30) having magnetically separate magnetic recording patterns on at least one surface of a nonmagnetic substrate (1), includes the steps of forming a magnetic layer (2) on the nonmagnetic substrate, forming a mask layer (3) on the magnetic layer, forming a resist layer (4) on the mask layer, transferring negative patterns of the magnetic recording patterns to the resist layer using a stamp (5), removing portions of the mask layer which correspond to the negative patterns of the magnetic recording patterns, implanting ions in the magnetic layer from a resist layer-side surface to partly demagnetize the magnetic layer, and removing the resist layer and the mask layer. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes the above magnetic recording medium (30), a driving section (11) that drives the magnetic recording medium in a recording direction, a magnetic head (27) including a recording section and a reproducing section, a device (28) for moving the magnetic head relative to the magnetic recording medium, and recording and reproducing signal processing device (29) for inputting a signal to the magnetic bead and reproducing an output signal from the magnetic head.

The present invention provides a power micromagnetic integrated circuit having a ferromagnetic core, a method of manufacture therefor and a power processing circuit employing the same, that-includes: (1) a substrate; (2) an insulator coupled to the substrate and (3) a metallic adhesive that forms a bond between the insulator and the ferromagnetic core to secure the ferromagnetic core to the substrate.

A multilayer dielectric tunnel barrier structure and a method for its formation which may be used in non-volatile magnetic memory elements comprises an ALD deposited first nitride junction layer formed from one or more nitride monolayers i.e., AlN, an ALD deposited intermediate oxide junction layer formed from one or more oxide monolayers i.e., AlxOy, disposed on the first nitride junction layer, and an ALD deposited second nitride junction layer formed from one or more nitride monolayers i.e., AlN, disposed on top of the intermediate oxide junction layer. The multilayer tunnel barrier structure is formed by using atomic layer deposition techniques to provide improved tunneling characteristics while also providing anatomically smooth barrier interfaces.

Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined regions on a substrate, and simultaneously reacting the components to form at least two materials. Materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, covalent network solids, ionic solids and molecular solids. More particularly, materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, inorganic materials, intermetallic materials, metal alloys, ceramic materials, organic materials, organometallic materials, non-biological organic polymers, composite materials (e.g., inorganic composites, organic composites, or combinations thereof), etc. Once prepared, these materials can be screened for useful properties including, for example, electrical, thermal, mechanical, morphological, optical, magnetic, chemical, or other properties. Thus, the present invention provides methods for the parallel synthesis and analysis of novel materials having useful properties.

An integrated magnetic film enhanced inductor and a method of forming an integrated magnetic film enhanced inductor are disclosed. The integrated magnetic film enhanced inductor includes an inductor metal having a first portion and a second portion, a top metal or bottom metal coupled to the inductor metal, and an isolation film disposed one of in, on, and adjacent to at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the inductor metal. The isolation film includes a magnetic material, such as a magnetic film.

A method of patterning magnetic material includes forming a ferromagnetic material layer containing one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni on a substrate, selectively masking a surface of the ferromagnetic material layer, and making nonferromagnetic. The making nonferromagnetic step includes exposing an exposed portion in halogen-containing reaction gas, changing magnetism of the exposed portion and a lower layer thereof by chemical reaction, and making the exposed portion a nonferromagnetic material region. A magnetic recording medium is fabricated by using the magnetic material patterning method and includes a plurality of recording regions made of ferromagnetic materials, each containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, and a nonferromagnetic material region for separating the recording regions from each other. The nonferromagnetic material region is a compound region of the ferromagnetic material and halogen.

The present invention relates to magnetic particle separators using micromachined magnetic arrays and more particularly, to magnetic particle separators or manipulators using controlled magnetization on micromachined magnetic arrays for the separation of cells and other biological materials. The present invention also pertains to using such devices for the separation and analysis of biological materials for immunoassays, DNA sequencing, protein analysis, and biochemical detection applications. The present invention can also be viewed as a novel method for fabricating fully integrated permanent magnet components within any microelectromechanical system (“MEMS”) structures. The present invention also provides a magnetic particle separation and manipulation system for rapid separation and accurate manipulation of magnetic particles in two-dimensional electromagnetic arrays, which utilize high throughput biological analyses. A disposable cartridge can be produced in low cost using a low cost substrate such as plastic or other polymer, glass, or metal. Magnetic flux is generated by conventional or micromachined electromagnets a platform system consisting of magnetic flux sources, magnetic flux guidance, and a microprocessor control interface. By controlling direction of electric currents into inductors on the platform system, arbitrary magnetic poles can be generated on Permalloy structures of the cartridge to separate and manipulate magnetic particles. The magnetic particle separator and manipulator in the present invention can be easily combined with automated detection systems such as a fluorescent monitoring system.