Patent ID: 8896041

Claim:
A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) device comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) coupled to a spin hall effect (SHE) material; and a transistor coupled to the SHE material, such that a source of the transistor abuts the SHE material; wherein the MTJ comprises an in-plane magnetic field and a nonmagnetic spacer, and wherein the in-plane magnetic field is provided by a dipole field from an in-plane magnetized ferromagnetic (FM) layer, and wherein the in-plane magnetized FM layer is coupled to the nonmagnetic spacer, and wherein the nonmagnetic spacer is coupled to a reference layer of the MTJ; wherein one edge of the transistor is aligned to an edge of the SHE material, while an other edge of the transistor is aligned to an edge of the MTJ.