Interaction effect on switching behaviors of paired "Pac-man" array

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4341-4343

  Han, H ^b   Hong, Y K ^a,b   Park, M H ^b   Choi, B C ^c   Gee, S H ^b   Jabal, J F ^b   Abo, G ^b   Lyle, A ^b   Wong, B ^b   Donohoe, G W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back to back; Face to face; Hysteresis loop; Magnetic cell interaction; Micromagnetic simulation; MRAM; Pac man shape; Switching field distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ASPECT RATIO; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS;

BACK-TO-BACK; FACE-TO-FACE; MAGNETIC CELL INTERACTION; PAC-MAN SHAPE;

SWITCHING;

EID: 28644435736     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.855289     Document Type: Article

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