The present invention relates generally to read sensors for magnetic disk drives, and more specifically to methods for providing magnetic storage elements with high magneto-resistance using Heusler alloys.
Magnetic disk drives are used to store and retrieve data for digital electronic apparatuses such as computers. In
The read element 32 includes a first shield 46, a second shield 48, a read insulation layer 50 disposed between the first shield 46 and the second shield 48, and a read sensor 52 disposed within the read insulation layer 50 and exposed at an air bearing surface (ABS). In some designs, often referred to as “merged head” designs, second shield 48 and lower pole 38 are the same layer. In other designs, such as the one shown in
In existing read sensors (e.g., current perpendicular to plane or “CPP” giant magneto-resistance or “GMR” film stack read sensors) with conventional magnetic material such as CoFe and CoFeB, the read signal is small with limited CPP GMR ratio (less than 2% as usual) that does not meet requirements for large signal to noise ratio (SNR) applications. For those with Heusler alloy material based read sensor elements, a large CPP GMR ratio up to tens of percentage is available but with bulky stack design and epitaxial growth of films on crystalline oriented MgO(100) substrates. These read sensors are not suitable for hard drive and magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) applications in terms of requirements on small shield to shield spacing and improved performance of devices using such read sensors for high areal density recording.
Conventional efforts utilizing Heusler alloy materials in CPP GMR devices have explored widely the potential and possibility for enhanced output signal and largely improved SNR. However, the output signal from such devices remains on the low side, in particular for small shield to shield spacing form factors. The major challenges lie on the fact that crystal structure of Heusler alloy multi-layers need to be modulated such that they are compatible with L21/B2 ordering to realize half metallicity and large spin polarization with epitaxial growth of thin films. Accordingly, what is needed is an improved magnetic storage element that provides improved electrical performance while providing small shield to shield spacing on a NiFe substrate.
Aspects of the invention relate to methods for providing magnetic storage elements with high magneto-resistance using Heusler alloys. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a magnetic storage element, the method including depositing a substrate including NiFe, depositing a seed layer on the substrate, depositing a buffer layer on the seed layer, and growing, epitaxially, an upper layer on the buffer layer, the upper layer including a Heusler alloy.
In another embodiment, the invention relates to a magnetic storage element including a substrate including NiFe, a seed layer on the substrate, a buffer layer on the seed layer, and an upper layer on the buffer layer, the upper layer including a Heusler alloy grown epitaxially.
In one embodiment, the substrate has a first crystalline structure, and the seed layer and the buffer layer are configured to provide a foundation structure for the Heusler alloy of the upper layer that is different from the first crystalline structure.
Referring now to the drawings, embodiments of methods for providing magnetic storage elements with high magneto-resistance using Heusler alloys are illustrated. The systems include a substrate made of NiFe, a seed layer on the substrate, a buffer layer on the seed layer, and an upper layer on the buffer layer, where the upper layer includes a Heusler alloy grown epitaxially. The seed and buffer layers are configured to facilitate the epitaxial growth of the Heusler alloy with a crystalline structure that is substantially independent of that of the NiFe substrate. In many embodiments, the systems can include additional layers (e.g., free layer, reference layer, spacer layer, and/or capping layer) in various configurations to form a top spin valve, a bottom spin valve, or a pseudo spin valve magnetic storage element. The methods include processes for forming these magnetic storage elements.
In several embodiments, the Heusler alloy has a L21/B2 ordering and/or includes a Co2FexMn1-xSi or CFMS alloy, where x is between 0 and 1. The improved magnetic storage elements can provide enhanced electrical characteristics such as high magneto-resistance and signal output while also providing enhanced physical characteristics such as thin Heusler layer stacking that results in small shield to shield spacing.
In several embodiments, the sub-reference layer 114, the interlayer coupling layer 116, and the pinned layer 118 are collectively referred to as the reference layer. In several embodiments, the AFM pinning layer 120 is an optional layer.
The bottom and top shield layers (102, 124) are made of suitable shield materials known in the art. The substrate 102 is made of NiFe and other suitable materials. The seed layer 106 can be made of a multi-layer structure that includes one or more materials such as NiFe, Ta, Ti, amorphous CoFeB, CoFe, a material including a magnetic CFMS Heusler alloy, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the seed layer 106 is made of a bottom NiFe layer that is about 2 nanometers (nm) thick, a CoFeB layer that is about 2 nm thick, and a CoFe layer that is about 4.5 nm thick. In other embodiments, other suitable layers and thicknesses can be used. The buffer layer 108 can be made of a multi-layer structure that includes one or more materials such as Ta, Ti, Cr, Ru, Cu, Ag, Al, W, a Ta alloy, a Cr alloy, a Ru alloy, a Cu alloy, a Ag alloy, a W alloy, a NiAl alloy, and combinations thereof.
In one embodiment, buffer layer 108 is made of a bottom Cr layer that is about 1 nm thick and a Ag layer that is about 1 nm thick. In such case, the seed layer 106 can be made of a bottom NiFe layer that is about 2 nanometers (nm) thick, a CoFeB layer that is about 2 nm thick, and a CoFe25 layer that is about 4.5 nm thick. In such case, the NiFe layer of the seed layer 106 provides a contact layer for wafer substrate 104 for adhesion and stress adjustment. The CoFeB provides an amorphous platform upon which the CoFe25 layer is grown to form a body-centered cubic (BCC) like structure. On the top of these seed layers 106, the buffer layer 108 of Cr/Ag is grown to provide (110) orientated texture and lattice match with Heusler alloy layers (e.g., free layer 110) that are to be grown epitaxially.
The free layer 110 can be a single or multi-layer structure made of one or more Heusler alloys grown epitaxially on the buffer layer 108. The Heusler alloys can have a L21/B2 ordering and/or include a Co2FexMn1-x Si or CFMS alloy, where x is between 0 and 1. The spacer layer 112 can be made of suitable materials known in the art. The sub-reference layer 114 can be a single or multi-layer structure made of Co, Fe, CoFe, and/or one or more Heusler alloys grown epitaxially on the spacer layer 112. The Heusler alloys can have a L21/B2 ordering and/or include a CFMS alloy. The interlayer coupling layer 116 can be made of Ru, Cr, Cu, Ta, Ag, and/or other suitable materials known in the art. The pinned layer 118 can be made of Co, Fe, CoFe, one or more Heusler alloys, and/or other suitable ferromagnetic materials. The AFM pinning layer 120 can be made of anti-ferromagnetic materials such as IrMn, FeMn, PtMn, and/or other suitable materials known in the art. The capping layer 122 can be made of Ru, Ta, Ti, and/or other suitable materials known in the art.
In several embodiments, the seed layer 106 and buffer layer 108 are configured to facilitate an epitaxial growth of the Heusler alloy of the free layer 110. More specifically, the seed layer 106 can be configured to substantially obstruct a transfer of a first crystalline structure of the substrate 104 to the buffer layer 108 and the free layer 110, thereby preventing the transfer of the first crystalline structure to the Heusler alloy of the free layer 110. In several embodiments, the seed layer 106 is configured to provide a second crystalline structure different from the first crystalline structure of the NiFe substrate 104. In such case, the buffer layer 108 is configured to substantially maintain the second crystalline structure of the seed layer 106, and a crystalline structure of the free layer 110 (e.g., Heusler alloy) grown epitaxially on the buffer layer 106 should substantially match the second crystalline structure of the buffer layer 108 and the seed layer 106. In one embodiment, the first crystalline structure has a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure, and the second crystalline structure has a structure that is about body-centered cubic (BCC).
In some embodiments, the seed layer 106 includes a first magnetic sub-layer with an amorphous structure and a second magnetic sub-layer with the second crystalline structure that is about body-centered cubic. In such case, the second crystalline structure is developed through a process for changing the amorphous structure of the first magnetic sub-layer, where the process is an annealing process, a phase change process, a re-crystallization process, a combination of those processes, and/or another suitable process known in the art.
In a number of embodiments, the seed layer 106 and the buffer layer 108 are configured to provide a foundation structure for the Heusler alloy of the free layer 110 (e.g., upper layer) that is different from the first crystalline structure of the NiFe substrate 104. In several embodiments, the seed layer 106 has substantially magnetic characteristics, and the buffer layer 108 has substantially non-magnetic characteristics.
In one embodiment, the buffer layer 108 includes one or more materials selected from the group consisting of Cu2CrAl, Cu2AlSi, a material including a non-magnetic Heusler alloy, and combinations thereof. In several embodiments, the magnetic storage element 100 is a current perpendicular to plane (CPP) giant magneto-resistance (GMR) reader. In some embodiments, the substrate 104 and the seed layer 106 can act as a shield layer for the GMR reader. In some embodiments, one or both of shield layers (102, 124) are omitted.
In a number of embodiments, magnetic seed layers, buffer layers and their combined structure provide a platform and base on which the Heusler alloy multi-layers and stacks are grown expitaxially to maximize the crystalline structure match and enhance L21/B2 ordering and stoichiometric homogeneity. In one such case, the magnetic seed layers can also act as part of the shielding and the use of which can be optional for MRAM applications but preferable for hard drive applications.
In one embodiment, the total Heusler alloy layers are less than 15 nm in thickness. In one embodiment, the maximum CPP GMR ratio is about 9.0 and 13.0% for a device, corresponding to a maximum change in RA of about 4.5 and 7.0 mΩμm2, respectively. In one embodiment, the maximum CPP GMR of 13.0% and change in RA of about 9.0 mΩμm2 are obtained for a CPP GMR device.
In another embodiment, the reference/pinned layers have multi-layer structures. They consist of two ferromagnetic layers anti-ferromagentically coupled by nonmagnetic coupling metal layers. The FM layers are made of Co, Fe, or Ni or their alloy or Heusler alloy layers. The interlayer coupling layers can be nonmagnetic metals (their alloys) such as Ru, Cr, Cu, Ta, and Ag. An optional intermediate layer can be included as a thin interfacial layer of less than 20 Angstroms in thickness can be inserted in between the ferromagnetic and interlayer coupling layer. The intermediate layers are preferably made of magnetic metals or alloys that can enhance interlayer coupling and set forth texture and crystalline structures of the magnetic Heusler alloy layers and other magnetic layers.
In one embodiment, the epitaxial growth of the stacking layers (e.g., Fe/Cr SAF pinned layers) up to the top Heusler layer CFMS follows the orientation relationship of CFMS (110) [001], Ag (110) [111], CFMS (110) [111] for a CPP GMR device. In such case, a resultant modulated crystalline structure with homogeneity in stoichiometry, of the device utilizing the Fe/Cr SAF pinned layers, improves homogeneity in the long-range ordering, and eventually the CPP GMR and device performance.
In several embodiments, the magnetic storage elements provide for large spin polarization and CPP GMR in magnetic elements utilizing Heusler systems, and the signal output on such devices is achieved with highly ordered L21/B2 Heusler phase using low temperature processes. With the improved epitaxial growth of CPP GMR films and modulated Heusler alloy composition, the magnetic ordering temperature is reduced for maximizing GMR and device performance for thin stack designs, while having scalability of device design to increase recording density.
In several embodiments, the magnetic storage elements provide for reduced shield-to-shield spacing (e.g., reduced by up to 10 nm as compared to conventional magnetic storage elements) and GMR gain up to two times conventional gain. In several embodiments, the large output signal and amplitude are available at low bias applied on the device, facilitating noise reduction including those from the spin transfer torque (STT) effect, and enhancement of SNR. In several embodiments, the improved magnetic storage elements can be used with MRAM device development and manufacturing in addition to hard drive applications.
In several embodiments, the sub-reference layer 214, the interlayer coupling layer 216, and the pinned layer 218 are collectively referred to as the reference layer. In several embodiments, the AFM pinning layer 220 is an optional layer.
In a number of embodiments, the materials and function of the layers of the magnetic storage element 200 can be the same, or substantially the same, as those described above for the magnetic storage element 100 of
In a number of embodiments, the materials and function of the layers of the magnetic storage element 300 can be the same, or substantially the same, as those described above for the magnetic storage element 100 of
In some embodiments, the upper layer is (410) to be a free layer to form a top spin valve or pseudo spin valve configuration for the magnetic storage element. In such case, the process deposits (412) a spacer layer on the free layer. The process then deposits (414) a reference layer on the spacer layer where the reference layer includes a Heusler alloy. As described above, the reference layer may be a multi-layer structure. The process then deposits (416) a capping layer on the reference layer.
In some embodiments, the upper layer is (418) to be a reference layer to form a bottom spin valve configuration magnetic storage element. In such case, the process deposits (420) a spacer layer on the reference layer. The process then deposits (422) a free layer on the spacer layer where the free layer includes a Heusler alloy. The process then deposits (424) a capping layer on the free layer.
In one embodiment, the process can perform the sequence of actions in a different order. In another embodiment, the process can skip one or more of the actions. In other embodiments, one or more of the actions are performed simultaneously. In some embodiments, additional actions can be performed.
In several embodiments, the magnetic storage elements include multi-layer stacked structures with the particular layers depicted in
While the above description contains many specific embodiments of the invention, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as examples of specific embodiments thereof. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their equivalents.
This application is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 13/737,374 filed on Jan. 9, 2013 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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