Solving the paradox of the inconsistent size dependence of thermal stability at device and chip-level in perpendicular STT-MRAM
2015
Current understanding of thermal stability of perpendicular STT-MRAM based on device-level data suggests that the thermal stability factor A is almost independent of device diameter above ∼30nm. Here we report that contrary to this conventional wisdom, chip-level data retention exhibits substantial size dependence for diameters between 55 and 100 nm. We show that the method widely used to measure A is inaccurate for devices larger than ∼30 nm, leading to significant underestimation of the size dependence. We derive an improved model, allowing us to reconcile the size dependence of A measured at device and chip level.
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