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Spin polarized tunneling for memory cell application

Sousa et al., 1998

Document ID
8845023153348842457
Author
Sousa R
Galvao T
Sun J
Freitas P
Publication year
Publication venue
1998 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems. Surfing the Waves of Science and Technology (Cat. No. 98EX196)

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Spin dependent tunnel junctions were fabricated and characterized, using CoFe electrodes with an insulating barrier of 1.5-1.8 nm Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Magnetoresistance (MR) signals of 27% were measured for a junction with 123 k/spl Omega/resistance (12/spl times/2/spl …
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