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RAM Main memory storage device Semiconductor Memory 2
High energy consumption Charge leakage Heat production Moore’s Law whine-about-transistor-leakage / 3
Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) nanotubes/carbon-nanotube-based-magnetic-tunnel-junctions-mtjs- for-spintronics-application 4
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) Similar: Parallel: Low Resistance Anti-parallel: High Resistance nanotubes/carbon-nanotube-based-magnetic-tunnel-junctions-mtjs-for- spintronics-application
Photolithography Photo=Light Lithos=Stone Graphy=Writing
7 IrMn Ta Ru Ta Ru CoFeB Ta Ru CoFe CoFeB MgO Oxygen Plasma Ar + ion beam SiO 2 Deposition PlanarizationTop Electrode Deposition R = 200nm Weigang Wang
/ MTJ and spin-tronics MRAM ▪ Nonvolatile ▪ Energy Efficient Applications outside of information storage. 8
NSF Nasa space grant members Nasa space grant administration and metors Other thanks Rebekah Cross, Amber Hawkins, Dr. Pitucco, and Dr. Manne. Weigang Wang Graduate students: Ty Newhouse-Illige Hamid Almasi Undergraduate students: Christian Dane Gentry 9
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Bio-sensor An analytical device, used for the detection of a substance or chemical constituent that is of interest in an analytical procedure, for a biological component. Spin Battery Quantum Computing 13
14 Conservation of spin during tunneling. Conductance product of the DOS of two FM electrodes 14 ParallelAnti-Parallel Weigang Wang