Dynamic compact model of spin-transfer torque based magnetic tunnel junction (mtj)

Proceedings of the DTIS'09 - 2009 4th IEEE International Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 130-135

  Faber, Louis Barthélemy ^a,b   Zhao, Weisheng ^a,b   Klein, Jacques Oliver ^a,b   Devolder, Thibaut ^a,b   Chappert, Claude ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic and static behavoirs; High speed; Low power; MRAM; MTJ; STT; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPEED; LOW POWER; MRAM; MTJ; STT;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; DESIGN; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTEGRATED CONTROL; MAGNETIC STORAGE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS; WIND TUNNELS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 67650357974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DTIS.2009.4938040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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