PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15965563
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "421000"]

Abstract:
A magnetic device and method for providing the device are described. The magnetic device includes magnetic junction(s) and spin-orbit interaction active layer(s) adjacent to the magnetic junction free layer(s). The magnetic junction includes free and pinned layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states. Providing the pinned and/or free layer(s) includes providing a magnetic layer including a glass-promoting component, providing a sacrificial oxide on the magnetic layer, providing a sacrificial layer on the sacrificial oxide and performing anneal(s) of the magnetic layer, the sacrificial oxide layer and the sacrificial layer at anneal temperature(s) greater than 300 degrees Celsius and not exceeding 475 degrees Celsius. The magnetic layer is amorphous as-deposited but is at least partially crystallized after the anneal(s). The sacrificial layer includes a sink for the glass-promoting component. The sacrificial layer and the sacrificial oxide are removed after the anneal(s).

Claim (Index 1):
A method for providing a magnetic device comprising:\n providing at least one magnetic junction, the step of providing the at least one magnetic junction including\n providing a pinned layer, the pinned layer being magnetic; \n providing a nonmagnetic spacer layer; and \n providing a free layer, the nonmagnetic spacer layer being between the pinned layer and the free layer, the free layer being magnetic and switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states, wherein at least one of the step of providing the pinned layer and the step of providing the free layer further include\n providing a magnetic layer including a glass-promoting component, the magnetic layer being amorphous as-deposited; \n providing a sacrificial oxide layer on the magnetic layer; \n providing a sacrificial layer on the sacrificial oxide layer, the sacrificial layer including a sink for the glass-promoting component; \n performing at least one anneal of the magnetic layer, the sacrificial oxide layer and the sacrificial layer at an anneal temperature greater than 300 degrees Celsius and not more than 475 degrees Celsius, the magnetic layer being at least partially crystallized after the at least one anneal; and \n removing the sacrificial layer and the sacrificial oxide layer after the step of performing the at least one anneal; and \n \n providing at least one spin-orbit interaction (SO) active layer adjacent to the free layer of the each of the plurality of magnetic junctions, the at least one SO active layer carrying a current in-plane, the at least one SO active layer exerting a SO torque on the free layer due to the current passing through the at least one SO active layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74627
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15177176', '14977145', '15903926', '15177138', '15066721']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.935344690803696
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.653375114583627
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9071477331816892
- Mean Citation Score: 529.0674140000001
- Max Citation Score: 624.7369
- Similarity Product: 607.0072909129262

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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