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).

  • Patent number: 11963461
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ashida, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20240074325
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YONEMURA, Tatsuo SHIBATA, Shogo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240074323
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YAMADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11871681
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Katsuyuki Nakada, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11797829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Shibata, Tomoyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11790967
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Yamada, Tatsuo Shibata, Yugo Ishitani
  • Patent number: 11758826
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Yamada, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11726745
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20230225222
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki SASAKI, Katsuyuki NAKADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11696512
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ota, Tatsuo Shibata, Minoru Sanuki
  • Patent number: 11665976
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11653573
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ashida, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11600771
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Katsuyuki Nakada, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11588099
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20220416155
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo SHIBATA, Kuniyasu ITO
  • Publication number: 20220399487
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YAMADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20220359817
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya ASHIDA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11495735
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Shibata, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tohru Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11469370
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyasu Ito, Tatsuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 11449742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Shibata