Analysis of self-heating of thermally assisted spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory

• Austin Deschenes,
• Sadid Muneer,
• Mustafa Akbulut,
• Ali Gokirmak and
• Helena Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1676–1683, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.160

• . Keywords: FEM modeling; Joule heating; self-heating; spin torque transfer magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM); thermoelectrics; Introduction Spin torque transfer magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM), a type of non-volatile memory, functions through the resistance ratio between the parallel (ON

• magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM). Proposed heating methods include modified material stack compositions that result in increased self-heating or external heat sources. In this work we analyze the self-heating process of a standard perpendicular magnetic anisotropy STT-MRAM device through numerical

• Austin Deschenes Sadid Muneer Mustafa Akbulut Ali Gokirmak Helena Silva Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06082, USA 10.3762/bjnano.7.160 Abstract Thermal assistance has been shown to significantly reduce the required operation power for spin torque transfer