US Patent:
20180294024, Oct 11, 2018
Inventors:
- Gyeonggi-do, KR
Dmytro Apalkov - San Jose CA, US
Vladimir Nikitin - Campbell CA, US
Robert Beach - Los Gatos CA, US
Zheng Duan - Sunnyvale CA, US
International Classification:
G11C 11/16
G11C 7/04
G11C 29/50
G01K 7/36
G01R 33/14
G01R 33/09
G01K 13/00
Abstract:
A method for measuring a temperature of magnetic junction switchable using spin transfer. The magnetic junction includes at least one magnetic layer. The method includes measuring a temperature variation of at least one magnetic characteristic for the magnetic layer(s) versus temperature. The method also includes measuring a bias variation in the magnetic characteristic versus an electrical bias for the magnetic junction. This measurement is performed such that spin transfer torque-induced variation(s) in the magnetic characteristic(s) are accounted for. The temperature versus the electrical bias for the magnetic junction is determined based on the temperature variation and the bias variation.