US Patent Issued to TDK on May 19 for "Magnetization rotational element and magnetoresistive effect element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,420, issued on May 19, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetization rotational element and magnetoresistive effect element" was invented by Tomoyuki Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This spin current magnetization rotational type magnetoresistive element includes a magnetoresistive effect element having a first ferromagnetic metal layer having a fixed magnetization orientation, a second ferromagnetic metal layer having a variable magnetization orientation, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic metal layer and the second ferromagnetic metal layer, and spin-orbit torque wiring which extends...