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| 20100021097 | Rolling Device - A rolling device in which rust development or damage on a raceway surface or rolling surface is hard to occur even if water and the like intrude is provided. A self-aligning roller bearing comprises an inner ring | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110305077 | MEMORY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a memory device, including: a memory element including a memory layer for holding therein information in accordance with a magnetization state of a magnetic material, a fixed magnetization layer which is provided on the memory layer through a non-magnetic layer and whose direction of a magnetization is fixed to a direction parallel with a film surface, and a magnetic layer which is provided on a side opposite to the fixed magnetization layer relative to the memory layer through a non-magnetic layer and whose direction of a magnetization is a direction vertical to the film surface; and a wiring through which a current is caused to flow through the memory element in a direction of lamination of the layers of the memory element. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110310663 | METHOD FOR DRIVING STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a method for driving a storage element that has a plurality of magnetic layers and performs recording by utilizing spin torque magnetization reversal, the method including applying a pulse voltage having reverse polarity of polarity of a recording pulse voltage in application of the recording pulse voltage to the storage element. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110316102 | STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE DEVICE - A storage element includes: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material and include a perpendicular magnetization layer whose magnetization direction is in a direction perpendicular to a film plane, a non-magnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer that has an axis of easy magnetization along a direction in the film plane and has a magnetization direction inclined to a direction perpendicular to the film plane by an angle in a range from 15 degrees to 45 degrees, the storage layer being configured by stacking of the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer with intermediary of the non-magnetic layer and magnetic coupling between the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer; a magnetization pinned layer; and a non-magnetic intermediate layer. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316103 | STORAGE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STORAGE ELEMENT, AND MEMORY - Disclosed herein is a storage element, including: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material; and a magnetization pinned layer configured to be provided for the storage layer with intermediary of a tunnel barrier layer, wherein the tunnel barrier layer has a thickness not less than or equal to 0.1 nm to not more than or equal to 0.6 nm and interface roughness less than 0.5 nm, and information is stored in the storage layer through change in direction of magnetization of the storage layer by applying a current in a stacking direction and injecting a spin-polarized electron. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317464 | PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a portable information apparatus, including, an apparatus main body, an incidental article mounted on the apparatus main body when the portable information apparatus is used, a solid-state magnetic memory provided at a portion of the apparatus main body at which the incidental article is mounted and adapted to retain information in accordance with a magnetization state of a magnetic material, and a magnetic shield provided on the incidental article including a portion opposed to the solid-state magnetic memory when the incidental article is mounted on the apparatus main body. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001281 | MAGNETIC STORAGE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage element including: a reference layer configured to have a magnetization direction fixed to a predetermined direction; a recording layer configured to have a magnetization direction that changes due to spin injection in a direction corresponding to recording information; an intermediate layer configured to separate the recording layer from the reference layer; and a heat generator configured to heat the recording layer. A material of the recording layer is such a magnetic material that magnetization at 150° C. is at least 50% of magnetization at a room temperature and magnetization at a temperature in a range from 150° C. to 200° C. is in a range from 10% to 80% of magnetization at a room temperature. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002466 | STORAGE APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a storage apparatus including a cell array configured to include storage devices arranged to form an array. Each of the storage device has: a storage layer for storing information as the state of magnetization of a magnetic substance; a fixed-magnetization layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a tunnel insulation layer sandwiched between the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer. In an operation to write information on the storage layer, a write current is generated to flow in the layer-stacking direction of the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer in order to change the direction of the magnetization of the storage layer. The cell array is divided into a plurality of cell blocks. The thermal stability of the storage layer of any particular one of the storage devices has a value peculiar to the cell block including the particular storage device. | 01-05-2012 |
