Patents by Inventor Laurent Ranno

Laurent Ranno 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).

  • Patent number: 7332781
    Abstract: The invention concerns a magnetic memory, whereof each memory point consists of a magnetic tunnel junction (60), comprising: a magnetic layer, called trapped layer (61), whereof the magnetization is rigid; a magnetic layer, called free layer (63), whereof the magnetization may be inverse; and insulating layer (62), interposed between the free layer (73) and the trapped layer (71) and respectively in contact with said two layers. The free layer (63) is made with an amorphous or nanocrytallized alloy based on rare earth or a transition metal, the magnetic order of said alloy being of the ferromagnetic type, said free layer having a substantially planar magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Laurent Ranno, Yann Conraux
  • Patent number: 7129555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic memory with write inhibit selection and the writing method for same. Each memory element of the invention comprises a magnetic tunnel junction (70) consisting of: a magnetic layer, known as the trapped layer (71), having hard magnetisation; a magnetic layer, known as the free layer (73), the magnetisation of which may be reversed; and an insulating layer (72) which is disposed between the free layer (73) and the trapped layer (71) and which is in contact with both of said layers. The free layer (73) is made from an amorphous or nanocrystalline alloy based on rare earth and a transition metal, the magnetic order of said alloy being of the ferrimagnetic type. The selected operating temperature of the inventive memory is close to the compensation temperature of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Laurent Ranno, Yann Conraux
  • Publication number: 20050047206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic memory with write inhibit selection and the writing method for same. Each memory element of the invention comprises a magnetic tunnel junction (70) consisting of: a magnetic layer, known as the trapped layer (71), having hard magnetisation; a magnetic layer, known as the free layer (73), the magnetisation of which may be reversed; and an insulating layer (72) which is disposed between the free layer (73) and the trapped layer (71) and which is in contact with both of said layers. The free layer (73) is made from an amorphous or nanocrystalline alloy based on rare earth and a transition metal, the magnetic order of said alloy being of the ferrimagnetic type. The selected operating temperature of the inventive memory is close to the compensation temperature of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Laurent Ranno, Yann Conraux
  • Publication number: 20050040433
    Abstract: The invention concerns a magnetic memory, whereof each memory point consists of a magnetic tunnel junction (60), comprising: a magnetic layer, called trapped layer (61), whereof the magnetization is rigid; a magnetic layer, called free layer (63), whereof the magnetization may be inverse; and insulating layer (62), interposed between the free layer (73) and the trapped layer (71) and respectively in contact with said two layers. The free layer (63) is made with an amorphous or nanocrytallized alloy based on rare earth or a transition metal, the magnetic order of said alloy being of the ferromagnetic type, said free layer having a substantially planar magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Laurent Ranno, Yann Conraux