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Logic circuit prototypes for three-terminal magnetic tunnel junctions with mobile domain walls

Spintronic computing promises superior energy efficiency and nonvolatility compared to conventional field-effect transistor logic. But, it has proven difficult to realize spintronic circuits with a versatile, scalable device design that is adaptable to emerging material physics. Here we present prot...

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Autores principales: Currivan-Incorvia, J. A., Siddiqui, S., Dutta, S., Evarts, E. R., Zhang, J., Bono, D., Ross, C. A., Baldo, M. A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26754412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10275
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author Currivan-Incorvia, J. A.
Siddiqui, S.
Dutta, S.
Evarts, E. R.
Zhang, J.
Bono, D.
Ross, C. A.
Baldo, M. A.
author_facet Currivan-Incorvia, J. A.
Siddiqui, S.
Dutta, S.
Evarts, E. R.
Zhang, J.
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description Spintronic computing promises superior energy efficiency and nonvolatility compared to conventional field-effect transistor logic. But, it has proven difficult to realize spintronic circuits with a versatile, scalable device design that is adaptable to emerging material physics. Here we present prototypes of a logic device that encode information in the position of a magnetic domain wall in a ferromagnetic wire. We show that a single three-terminal device can perform inverter and buffer operations. We demonstrate one device can drive two subsequent gates and logic propagation in a circuit of three inverters. This prototype demonstration shows that magnetic domain wall logic devices have the necessary characteristics for future computing, including nonlinearity, gain, cascadability, and room temperature operation.
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spelling pubmed-47299282016-03-04 Logic circuit prototypes for three-terminal magnetic tunnel junctions with mobile domain walls Currivan-Incorvia, J. A. Siddiqui, S. Dutta, S. Evarts, E. R. Zhang, J. Bono, D. Ross, C. A. Baldo, M. A. Nat Commun Article Spintronic computing promises superior energy efficiency and nonvolatility compared to conventional field-effect transistor logic. But, it has proven difficult to realize spintronic circuits with a versatile, scalable device design that is adaptable to emerging material physics. Here we present prototypes of a logic device that encode information in the position of a magnetic domain wall in a ferromagnetic wire. We show that a single three-terminal device can perform inverter and buffer operations. We demonstrate one device can drive two subsequent gates and logic propagation in a circuit of three inverters. This prototype demonstration shows that magnetic domain wall logic devices have the necessary characteristics for future computing, including nonlinearity, gain, cascadability, and room temperature operation. Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4729928/ /pubmed/26754412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10275 Text en Copyright © 2016, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26754412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10275
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