US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems, Commissariat a l'energir atomique et aux energies alternatives on June 30 for "MR sensors having layer orientation control using SOT current" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,559, issued on June 30, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.) and Commissariat a l'energir atomique et aux energies alternatives (Paris).

"MR sensors having layer orientation control using SOT current" was invented by Aurelie Solignac (Massy, France), Myriam Pannetier-Lecoeur (Bures sur Yvette, France), Claude Fermon (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Paolo Campiglio (Montreuil, France) and Jean-Michel Daga (Bourg-la-Reine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for an MR device having a ferromagnetic material, a heavy metal layer configured to flow a charge current, and an insulating layer between t...