High reliability sensing circuit for deep submicron spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory

Electronics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1283-1285

  Kang, Wang ^a,b   Zhao, Weisheng ^a   Klein, J O ^a   Zhang, Youguang ^b   Chappert, C ^a   Ravelosona, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RELIABILITY; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; PROCESS VARIATION; SENSING CIRCUITS; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; STMICROELECTRONICS;

MAGNETIC STORAGE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 84884863463     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2013.2319     Document Type: Article

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