Microwave functionality of spintronic devices implemented in a hybrid complementary metal oxide semiconductor and magnetic tunnel junction technology

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Contributors

  • Rui Ma - , Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory (Author)
  • Ahmed Sidi El Valli - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Martin Kreißig - , Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory (Author)
  • Gregory Di Pendina - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Florian Protze - , Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory (Author)
  • Ursula Ebels - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Guillaume Prenat - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Antoine Chavent - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Vadym Iurchuk - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Ricardo Sousa - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Laurent Vila - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)
  • Frank Ellinger - , Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory (Author)
  • Jürgen Langer - , Singulus Technologies AG (Author)
  • Jerzy Wrona - , Singulus Technologies AG (Author)
  • Ioan Lucian Prejbeanu - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Author)

Abstract

This letter presents magnetic tunnel junction based spintronic devices completely implemented in a hybrid semiconductor process that comprises a complementary metal oxide semiconductor and a magnetic tunnel junction technology. To demonstrate the coexistence of both complementary metal oxide semiconductor circuits and magnetic tunnel junction based spintronic devices, a proof-of-concept circuit prototype comprising 40 spintronic devices and a digital complementary metal oxide semiconductor serial peripheral interface is fabricated. According to measurement results, a selected spintronic device from the magnetic tunnel junction array, when surrounded by an external out-of-plane magnetic field of 1 kOe, emitted microwave signals from 2.235 to 2.464 GHz with an output power from 0.88 to 0.72 nW, when the DC current was increased from 0.6 to 1.0 mA. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first work demonstrating the functionality of spintronic oscillators fully integrated in complementary metal oxide semiconductor circuit implemented in a hybrid complementary metal oxide semiconductor and magnetic tunnel junction process.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)264-266
Number of pages3
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume57
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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Keywords

  • CMOS integrated circuits, Magneto-acoustic, magnetoresistive, magnetostrictive and magnetostatic wave devices, Oscillators, Peripheral interfaces