Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Responsive to non-electrical signal – Magnetic field
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Smoot, Stephen W (Department: 2813)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Responsive to non-electrical signal
Magnetic field
C257SE29323, C365S158000, C365S173000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07868404
ABSTRACT:
A ferromagnetic thin-film based device that transitioned between alternative magnetic states thereof through having electrical currents established therethrough and has both a reference magnetization and a free layer magnetization provided therein by vortex magnetizations.
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Kinney & Lange , P.A.
NVE Corporation
Smoot Stephen W
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