Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Shibata
Tatsuo Shibata 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).
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Patent number: 11963461Abstract: A magnetic domain wall movement element according to the present embodiment includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer that are laminated in an order from a side close to a substrate. On a cross-section along a lamination direction and a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the first ferromagnetic layer extends in a plan view from the lamination direction, a shortest width of the first ferromagnetic layer in the second direction is shorter than a width of the nonmagnetic layer in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Ashida, Tatsuo Shibata
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Publication number: 20240074325Abstract: A magnetic domain wall moving element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, non-magnetic layer, second ferromagnetic layer, first magnetization fixed part, second magnetization fixed part, first surface layer and second surface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo YONEMURA, Tatsuo SHIBATA, Shogo YAMADA
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Publication number: 20240074323Abstract: A magnetic array includes: a plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements; and a pulse application device which applies a pulse to each of the plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements, wherein each of the plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements includes domain wall motion layer, ferromagnetic layer, and non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the domain wall motion layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the pulse application device is configured to apply an initialization pulse and an operation pulse to each of the plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements, wherein the initialization pulse has a first pulse that is applied a plurality of times to spread a distribution of resistance values of the plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements from an initial distribution, and wherein a voltage of each first pulse is smaller than that of the operation pulse or each pulse length of the first pulse is shorter than that of the operation pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo YAMADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
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Patent number: 11871681Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, and the tunnel barrier layer has a spinel structure represented by a composition formula of AIn2Ox (0<x?4), and an A-site is a non-magnetic divalent cation which is one or more selected from a group consisting of magnesium, zinc and cadmium.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Katsuyuki Nakada, Tatsuo Shibata
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Product-sum operation device, neuromorphic device, and method for using product-sum operation device
Patent number: 11797829Abstract: The product-sum operation device includes a product operator and a sum operator. The product operator includes a plurality of product operation elements, and an alternative element that, when any of the plurality of product operation elements has malfunctioned, is used instead of the malfunctioning product operation element. Each of the plurality of product operation elements and the alternative element is a resistance change element. The sum operator includes an output detector which detects a sum of outputs from the plurality of product operation elements when the alternative element is not used.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuo Shibata, Tomoyuki Sasaki -
Patent number: 11790967Abstract: A magnetic domain wall displacement element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer extending in a second direction and magnetically recordable, a nonmagnetic layer, and a first conductive part having a first intermediate layer and a second conductive part having a second intermediate layer, in which the first intermediate layer is sandwiched between first and second magnetization regions and exhibiting first and second magnetization directions, the second intermediate layer is sandwiched between a third magnetization region and exhibiting the second magnetization direction and a fourth magnetization region exhibiting the first magnetization direction in the first direction, and an area of the first magnetization region is larger than an area of the second magnetization region and an area of the third magnetization region is smaller than an area of the fourth magnetization region in a cross section in the first direction and the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Yamada, Tatsuo Shibata, Yugo Ishitani
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Patent number: 11758826Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an integrated device including: a substrate; and a laminated structure stacked on the substrate, in which the laminated structure includes a first element group and a second element group disposed at a position farther from the substrate than the first element group, each of the first element group and the second element group includes a plurality of domain wall movement elements, each of the plurality of domain wall movement elements includes a domain wall movement layer, a ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer interposed between the domain wall movement layer and the ferromagnetic layer, and each of the domain wall movement elements belonging to the second element group has a lower critical current density required for moving a domain wall of the domain wall movement layer than each of the domain wall movement elements belonging to the first element group.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Yamada, Tatsuo Shibata
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Product-sum operation device, neuromorphic device, and method for using product-sum operation device
Patent number: 11726745Abstract: A product-sum operation device, a neuromorphic device, and a method for using the product-sum operation device are provided which can, when applied to a neural network, curb the possibility that the performance of the neural network may be greatly impaired. The product-sum operation device includes a product operator and a sum operator. The product operator includes a plurality of product operation elements, each of which is a resistance change element. The sum operator includes an output detector that detects the sum of outputs from the plurality of product operation elements and the resistance change element includes a fuse portion which is disconnected when a malfunction which increases an output current from the resistance change element has occurred in the resistance change element.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsuo Shibata -
Publication number: 20230225222Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, and the tunnel barrier layer has a spinel structure represented by a composition formula of AIn2Ox (0<x?4), and an A-site is a non-magnetic divalent cation which is one or more selected from a group consisting of magnesium, zinc and cadmium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki SASAKI, Katsuyuki NAKADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
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Patent number: 11696512Abstract: A magnetic domain wall moving element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic recording layer, a ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer arranged between the magnetic recording layer and the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the ferromagnetic layer contains an additive element dispersed therein, and the additive element is one or more of H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, N, C, Ag, Cu, Hg, Au, Pb, Zn, and Bi.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Ota, Tatsuo Shibata, Minoru Sanuki
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Patent number: 11665976Abstract: A reservoir element of the first aspect of the present disclosure includes: a spin conduction layer containing a non-magnetic conductor; ferromagnetic layers positioned in a first direction with respect to the spin conduction layer and spaced apart from each other in a plan view from the first direction; and via wirings electrically connected to spin conduction layer on a surface opposite to a surface with the ferromagnetic layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tatsuo Shibata
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Patent number: 11653573Abstract: A magnetic domain wall movement element includes a wiring layer containing a ferromagnetic material, a non-magnetic layer in contact with the first surface of the wiring layer, a first conductive layer connected to the first surface of the wiring layer and containing a ferromagnetic material; and a second conductive layer connected to the wiring layer at a distance from the first conductive layer. A first part of the connection face of the first conductive layer is directly connected to the wiring layer, and a second part of the connection face other than the first part is connected to the wiring layer via the non-magnetic layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Ashida, Tatsuo Shibata
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Patent number: 11600771Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element has an underlayer, a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers. The tunnel barrier layer has a spinel structure and includes at least one lattice-matched portion, and at least one lattice-mismatched portion. The underlayer is made of a nitride layer; a layer having a (001)-oriented tetragonal or cubic structure; or a layer having a stacked structure with a combination of a nitride layer having a (001)-oriented NaCl structure and a layer having a (001)-oriented tetragonal or cubic structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Katsuyuki Nakada, Tatsuo Shibata
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Patent number: 11588099Abstract: A reservoir element of the first aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first ferromagnetic layer; a plurality of second ferromagnetic layers positioned in a first direction with respect to the first ferromagnetic layer and spaced apart from each other in a plan view from the first direction; and a nonmagnetic layer positioned between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tatsuo Shibata
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Publication number: 20220416155Abstract: A magnetic domain wall movement type magnetic recording element according to an embodiment includes: a first ferromagnetic layer which includes a ferromagnetic body; a non-magnetic layer which faces the first ferromagnetic layer; and a magnetic recording layer which faces a surface of the non-magnetic layer on a side opposite to the first ferromagnetic layer and extends in a first direction. A first surface of the magnetic recording layer which faces the non-magnetic layer has a smaller arithmetic mean roughness than a second surface opposite to the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuo SHIBATA, Kuniyasu ITO
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Publication number: 20220399487Abstract: A magnetic domain wall movement element includes a magnetoresistance effect part, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first magnetization fixed layer, and a second magnetization fixed layer. The magnetoresistance effect part includes a reference layer, a magnetic domain wall movement layer, and a non-magnetic layer. The magnetic domain wall movement layer has a first region and second region in which a magnetization direction is fixed, and a third region in which a magnetization direction is variable. The reference layer overlaps at least part of the first region and the second region in a plan view in a first direction, and at least part of the first region and the second region is shorter than the third region in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo YAMADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20220359817Abstract: A magnetic element according to an embodiment includes a wiring layer extending in a first direction and including a ferromagnetic material and a nonmagnetic layer laminated on the wiring layer in a second direction. The wiring layer includes a side surface inclined with respect to the second direction in a cross section orthogonal to the first direction. The side surface has one or more bending points at which an inclination angle with respect to the second direction becomes discontinuous. An inclination angle of a first inclined surface far from the nonmagnetic layer is smaller than an inclination angle of a second inclined surface close to the nonmagnetic layer in a state in which a first bending point at a position farthest from the nonmagnetic layer among the bending points is interposed between the inclination angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ASHIDA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
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Patent number: 11495735Abstract: A spin-current magnetization rotational element includes: a ferromagnetic metal layer; and a spin-orbit torque wiring that extends in a first direction intersecting a stacking direction of the ferromagnetic metal layer and is bonded to the ferromagnetic metal layer. A direction of a spin injected into the ferromagnetic metal layer from the spin-orbit torque wiring intersects a magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic metal layer. The ferromagnetic metal layer has shape anisotropy and has a demagnetizing field distribution caused by the shape anisotropy. The demagnetizing field distribution generates an easy magnetization rotational direction in which the magnetization of the ferromagnetic metal layer is most easily reversed. The easy magnetization rotational direction intersects the first direction in a plan view seen from the stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuo Shibata, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tohru Oikawa
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Patent number: 11469370Abstract: A magnetic domain wall movement type magnetic recording element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer which includes a ferromagnetic body; a non-magnetic layer which faces the first ferromagnetic layer; and a magnetic recording layer which faces a surface of the non-magnetic layer on a side opposite to the first ferromagnetic layer and extends in a first direction. The magnetic recording layer has a concave-convex structure on a second surface opposite to a first surface which faces the non-magnetic layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyasu Ito, Tatsuo Shibata
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Product-sum operation device, neuromorphic device, and method for using product-sum operation device
Patent number: 11449742Abstract: A product-sum operation device includes a product operator and a sum operator. The product operator includes a plurality of variable-input product operation elements and a plurality of fixed-input product operation elements. Each of the plurality of variable-input product operation elements and the plurality of fixed-input product operation elements and is a resistance change element. The product-sum operation device includes variable input units and that input a variable signal to a plurality of variable-input product operation elements and fixed input units and that input a determined signal to the plurality of fixed-input product operation elements and in synchronization with the variable signal. The sum operator includes an output detector that determines the sum of outputs from the plurality of variable-input product operation elements and outputs from the plurality of fixed-input product operation elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsuo Shibata