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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by IEEE, 2018.
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Crown Spintronic sensors, that are based on the tunnellingmagnetoresistive (TMR) effect, have been utilized in detecting low magnetic fields. However, still no computer-based model of these devices is available to integrated circuit designer to implement them in a hybrid spintronic-CMOS system. We developed a finite element method (FEM)-based model of a MgO-barrier TMR device in COMSOL Multiphysics®. The parameters of this model were extracted from the state-of-the-art fabrication and experimental data. Results were compared with respect to the model geometry and the used material. The proposed TMR sensor model offers a linear response with a high TMR ratio of 233% at 10 mV power supply. The model was exported to Cadence© Spectre to create a compact model using Verilog-A language. The developed sensor model was simulated with its analog front-end in same environment. This model provided a reliable benchmark for modelling of the future hybrid spintronic-CMOS developments.
Author(s): Zuo S, Nazarpour K, Heidari H
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IEEE Electron Device Letters
Year: 2018
Volume: 39
Issue: 11
Pages: 1784-1787
Print publication date: 01/11/2018
Online publication date: 17/09/2018
Acceptance date: 09/09/2018
Date deposited: 30/10/2018
ISSN (print): 0741-3106
ISSN (electronic): 1558-0563
Publisher: IEEE
URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2018.2870731
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2018.2870731
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