Patents by Inventor Pietro Gambardella

Pietro Gambardella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230352109
    Abstract: A spin-based logic architecture provides nonvolatile data retention, near-zero leakage, and scalability. The architecture based on magnetic domain-walls take advantage of fast domain-wall motion, high density, non-volatility, and flexible design in order to process and store information. There is disclosed a concept to perform all-electric logic operations and cascading in domain-wall racetracks. The novel system exploits chiral coupling between neighboring magnetic domains induced by the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction to realize a domain-wall inverter. There are described reconfigurable NAND and NOR logic gates that perform operations with current-induced domain-wall motion. Several NAND gates are cascaded to build XOR and full adder gates, demonstrating electrical control of magnetic data and device interconnection in logic circuits. The novel system provides a viable platform for scalable all-electric magnetic logic and paves the way for memory-in-logic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Zhaochu Luo, Ales Hrabec, Laura J. Heyderman, Pietro Gambardella, Trong Phuong Dao
  • Patent number: 8416618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field having a component along a magnetic field direction that is either parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer and the curr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Universite Joseph Fourier, Institut Catala de Nanotechnologia (ICN), Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats (ICREA)
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl
  • Patent number: 8384171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting magnetization having a magnetization direction that is parallel to the plane of the central layer, which layer is sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device to cause a write current to pass through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer at an angle ? lying in the range 90°±60°, in particular 90°±30°, and more particularly 90°±15° relative to said magnetization direction in order to generate an effective magnetic fiel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Universite Joseph Fourier, Institut Catala de Nanotechnologia (ICN), Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats (ICREA)
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl
  • Patent number: 8350347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field along a magnetic field direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Universite Joseph Fourier, Institut Catala de Nanotechnologia, Institucio Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avancats (ICREA)
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl
  • Publication number: 20120098077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting magnetization having a magnetization direction that is parallel to the plane of the central layer, which layer is sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device to cause a write current to pass through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer at an angle ? lying in the range 90°±60°, in particular 90°±30°, and more particularly 90°±15° relative to said magnetization direction in order to generate an effective magnetic fiel
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl
  • Publication number: 20120018822
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field along a magnetic field direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl
  • Publication number: 20120020152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field having a component along a magnetic field direction that is either parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer and the curr
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Gilles Gaudin, Ioan Mihai Miron, Pietro Gambardella, Alain Schuhl