Reconfigurable and non-volatile vertical magnetic logic gates
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Riverside, California 92504 (United States)
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, California 92504 (United States)
- Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92504 (United States)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
In this paper, we discuss the concept and prototype fabrication of reconfigurable and non-volatile vertical magnetic logic gates. These gates consist of two input layers and a RESET layer. The RESET layer allows the structure to be used as either an AND or an OR gate, depending on its magnetization state. To prove this concept, the gates were fabricated using a multi-layered patterned magnetic media, in which three magnetic layers are stacked and exchange-decoupled via non-magnetic interlayers. We demonstrate the functionality of these logic gates by conducting atomic force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) analysis of the multi-layered patterned magnetic media. The logic gates operation mechanism and fabrication feasibility are both validated by the MFM imaging results.
- OSTI ID:
- 22273523
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 16; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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