Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetic insulating material (MI such as EuS, EuO, YIG, TmIG, or GaMnAs) and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, or graphene), wherein the magnetic insulating material has a first magnetization; a magnet with a second magnetization, wherein the magnet is adjacent to the TMD of the stack; and an interconnect comprising a spin orbit material, wherein the interconnect is adjacent to the magnet.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetoelectric (ME such as BiFeO3, (LaBi)FeO3, LuFeO3, PMN-PT, PZT, AlN, SmBiFeO3, Cr2O3, etc.) material and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, graphene, etc.); a magnet adjacent to a first portion of the TMD of the stack; a first interconnect adjacent to the magnet; a second interconnect adjacent to the ME material of the stack; and a third interconnect adjacent to a second portion of the TMD of the stack.

Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a first electrode having a spin orbit material. The memory apparatus further includes a first memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a first dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the first memory device. The memory apparatus further includes a second memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a second dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the second memory device. A second electrode is on and in contact with a portion of the first electrode, where the second electrode is between the first memory device and the second memory device. The second electrode has a lower electrical resistance than an electrical resistance of the first electrode. The memory apparatus further includes a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect, each coupled with the first electrode.

Abstract: A memory device includes a first electrode including a spin-orbit material, a magnetic junction on a portion of the first electrode and a first structure including a dielectric on a portion of the first electrode. The first structure has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The memory device further includes a second structure on a portion of the first electrode, where the second structure has a sidewall adjacent to the second sidewall of the first structure. The memory device further includes a first conductive interconnect above and coupled with each of the magnetic junction and the second structure and a second conductive interconnect below and coupled with the first electrode, where the second conductive interconnect is laterally distant from the magnetic junction and the second structure.

Abstract: An insertion layer for perpendicular spin orbit torque (SOT) memory devices between the SOT electrode and the free magnetic layer, memory devices and computing platforms employing such insertion layers, and methods for forming them are discussed. The insertion layer is predominantly tungsten and improves thermal stability and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the free magnetic layer.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided to improve spin injection efficiency from a magnet to a spin orbit coupling material. The apparatus comprises: a first magnet; a second magnet adjacent to the first magnet; a first structure comprising a tunneling barrier; a third magnet adjacent to the first structure; a stack of layers, a portion of which is adjacent to the third magnet, wherein the stack of layers comprises spin-orbit material; and a second structure comprising magnetoelectric material, wherein the second structure is adjacent to the first magnet.

Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes an electrode having a spin orbit coupling material and a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) device on a portion of the electrode. The pMTJ device includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet and a tunnel barrier layer in between, where at least one of the fixed magnet or the free magnet includes two magnetic layers and a spacer layer comprising tungsten in between.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a magnetic junction including: a first structure comprising a magnet with an unfixed perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) relative to an x-y plane of a device; a second structure comprising one of a dielectric or metal; a third structure comprising a magnet with fixed PMA, wherein the third structure has an anisotropy axis perpendicular to the plane of the device, and wherein the third structure is adjacent to the second structure such that the second structure is between the first and third structures; a fourth structure comprising an antiferromagnetic (AFM) material, the fourth structure adjacent to the third structure; a fifth structure comprising a magnet with PMA, the fifth structure adjacent to the fourth structure; and an interconnect adjacent to the first structure, the interconnect comprising spin orbit material.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetic insulating material (MI such as EuS, EuO, YIG, TmIG, or GaMnAs) and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, or graphene), wherein the magnetic insulating material has a first magnetization; a magnet with a second magnetization, wherein the magnet is adjacent to the TMD of the stack; and an interconnect comprising a spin orbit material, wherein the interconnect is adjacent to the magnet.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetic insulating material (MI such as EuS, EuO, YIG, TmIG, or GaMnAs) and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, or graphene), wherein the magnetic insulating material has a first magnetization; a magnet with a second magnetization, wherein the magnet is adjacent to the TMD of the stack; and an interconnect comprising a spin orbit material, wherein the interconnect is adjacent to the magnet.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a system, apparatus, and/or process for producing a spin orbit torque (SOT) electrode that includes a first layer with a first side to couple with a free layer of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and a second layer coupled with a second side of the first layer opposite the first side, where a value of an electrical resistance in the first SOT layer is lower than a value of an electrical resistance in the second SOT layer and where a current applied to the SOT electrode is to cause current to preferentially flow in the first SOT layer to cause a magnetic polarization of the free layer to change directions. During production of the SOT electrode, the second layer may act as an etch stop.

Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device with one end coupled with a first electrode and an opposite end coupled with a second electrode including a spin orbit torque material. In an embodiment, a second electrode is coupled with the free magnet and coupled between a pair of interconnect line segments. The second electrode and the pair of interconnect line segments include a spin orbit torque material. The second electrode has a conductive path cross-section that is smaller than a cross section of the conductive path in at least one of the interconnect line segments.

Abstract: A spin orbit torque (SOT) memory device includes an SOT electrode on an upper end of an MTJ device. The MTJ device includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet and a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and is coupled with a conductive interconnect at a lower end of the MTJ device. The SOT electrode has a footprint that is substantially the same as a footprint of the MTJ device. The SOT device includes a first contact and a second contact on an upper surface of the SOT electrode. The first contact and the second contact are laterally spaced apart by a distance that is no greater than a length of the MTJ device.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetoelectric (ME such as BiFeO3, (LaBi)FeO3, LuFeO3, PMN-PT, PZT, AlN, SmBiFeO3, Cr2O3, etc.) material and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, graphene, etc.); a magnet adjacent to a first portion of the TMD of the stack; a first interconnect adjacent to the magnet; a second interconnect adjacent to the ME material of the stack; and a third interconnect adjacent to a second portion of the TMD of the stack.

Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit memory device includes a first electrode having a magnetic material and platinum and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first electrode, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a stack comprising a magnetoelectric (ME such as BiFeO3, (LaBi)FeO3, LuFeO3, PMN-PT, PZT, AlN, SmBiFeO3, Cr2O3, etc.) material and a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2, PtS2, PtSe2, WTe2, MoTe2, graphene, etc.); a magnet adjacent to a first portion of the TMD of the stack; a first interconnect adjacent to the magnet; a second interconnect adjacent to the ME material of the stack; and a third interconnect adjacent to a second portion of the TMD of the stack.

Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit torque memory device includes a first electrode having tungsten and at least one of nitrogen or oxygen and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first magnet, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.

Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a first electrode having a spin orbit material. The memory apparatus further includes a first memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a first dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the first memory device. The memory apparatus further includes a second memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a second dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the second memory device. A second electrode is on and in contact with a portion of the first electrode, where the second electrode is between the first memory device and the second memory device. The second electrode has a lower electrical resistance than an electrical resistance of the first electrode. The memory apparatus further includes a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect, each coupled with the first electrode.

Abstract: A memory device includes a first electrode including a spin-orbit material, a magnetic junction on a portion of the first electrode and a first structure including a dielectric on a portion of the first electrode. The first structure has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The memory device further includes a second structure on a portion of the first electrode, where the second structure has a sidewall adjacent to the second sidewall of the first structure. The memory device further includes a first conductive interconnect above and coupled with each of the magnetic junction and the second structure and a second conductive interconnect below and coupled with the first electrode, where the second conductive interconnect is laterally distant from the magnetic junction and the second structure.

Abstract: A perpendicular spin orbit memory device includes a first electrode having a magnetic material and platinum and a material layer stack on a portion of the first electrode. The material layer stack includes a free magnet, a fixed magnet above the first electrode, a tunnel barrier between the free magnet and the fixed magnet and a second electrode coupled with the fixed magnet.