Magnetic field sensing scheme using CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB tunneling junction with superparamagnetic CoFeB layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Jang, Youngman ^c   Nam, Chunghee ^c   Kim, J Y ^c   Cho, B K ^a   Cho, Y J ^b   Kim, T W ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SENSORS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

FIELD SENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC SENSORS; MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTION (MTJ); TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33750187857     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2370876     Document Type: Article

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