SOT-MRAM based on 1Transistor-1MTJ-cell structure

We propose a new method of soft magnetic layer switching based on torques generated by the spin Hall effect and show a possibility of building 1Transistor-1MTJ cells with different paths for read and write operations. By performing extensive micromagnetic modeling our switching method has been verified.

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