Patents by Inventor Kosuke HAMANAKA

Kosuke HAMANAKA 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: 20240407176
    Abstract: A magnetization rotation element includes a spin-orbit torque wiring and a first ferromagnetic layer connected to the spin-orbit torque wiring, wherein the spin-orbit torque wiring has a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is closer to the first ferromagnetic layer than the second layer, the first layer has a negative spin Hall angle, and the second layer has a positive spin Hall angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei SHIOKAWA, Yugo ISHITANI, Kosuke HAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240385263
    Abstract: This magnetization rotational element includes a spin-orbit torque wiring, a first ferromagnetic layer connected to the spin-orbit torque wiring, and a wiring connected to the spin-orbit torque wiring at a position different from that of the first ferromagnetic layer, wherein the spin-orbit torque wiring and the wiring each contain nitrogen, and the spin-orbit torque wiring and the wiring differ from each other in nitrogen content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei SHIOKAWA, Yugo ISHITANI, Kosuke HAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11751488
    Abstract: A spin element according to the present embodiment includes a wiring, a laminate including a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring, a first conductive part and a second conductive part with the first ferromagnetic layer therebetween in a plan view in a lamination direction, and an intermediate layer which is in contact with the wiring and is between the first conductive part and the wiring, wherein a diffusion coefficient of a second element including the intermediate layer with respect to a first element including the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of a third element constituting the first conductive part with respect to the first element or a diffusion coefficient of the third element including the first conductive part with respect to the second element constituting the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of the third element with respect to the first element constituting the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Hamanaka, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Yohei Shiokawa
  • Publication number: 20230180629
    Abstract: This magnetization rotational element includes a spin-orbit torque wiring, and a first ferromagnetic layer in contact with the spin-orbit torque wiring, in which the spin-orbit torque wiring includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in order from a side closer to the first ferromagnetic layer, and a coefficient of linear expansion of a material forming the second layer is between a coefficient of linear expansion of a material forming the first layer and a coefficient of linear expansion of a material forming the third layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke HAMANAKA, Yohei SHIOKAWA, Minoru SANUKI
  • Publication number: 20220406993
    Abstract: A spin element according to the present embodiment includes a wiring, a laminate including a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring, a first conductive part and a second conductive part with the first ferromagnetic layer therebetween in a plan view in a lamination direction, and an intermediate layer which is in contact with the wiring and is between the first conductive part and the wiring, wherein a diffusion coefficient of a second element including the intermediate layer with respect to a first element including the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of a third element constituting the first conductive part with respect to the first element or a diffusion coefficient of the third element including the first conductive part with respect to the second element constituting the wiring is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of the third element with respect to the first element constituting the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke HAMANAKA, Tomoyuki SASAKI, Yohei SHIOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220190234
    Abstract: The magnetization rotation element includes: a spin-orbit torque wiring; and a first ferromagnetic layer which is stacked on the spin-orbit torque wiring, wherein the spin-orbit torque wiring includes a plurality of wiring layers, and wherein, in a cross section orthogonal to a length direction of the spin-orbit torque wiring, a product between a cross-sectional area and a resistivity of each of the wiring layers is larger in the wiring layer closer to the first ferromagnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SASAKI, Yohei SHIOKAWA, Yugo ISHITANI, Kosuke HAMANAKA, Eiji KOMURA