課程資訊
課程名稱
自旋電子學導論
Introduction to Spintronics 
開課學期
104-2 
授課對象
理學院  物理學研究所  
授課教師
 
課號
ApPhys7004 
課程識別碼
245 M0070 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期三7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
上課地點
 
備註
總人數上限:30人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042ApPhys7004_ 
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課程概述

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課程目標
˙學會基本磁性與材料特性,並進而結合電子學知識,利用現代自旋電子學特色,創造新一代的自旋電子元件
˙培養新世代的電子元件的世界人才,提升台灣在新世紀的競爭力  
課程要求
有基本電磁學,物理學,電子學訓練
Team Project and homework will be evaluted.
No mid-term or final test. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
每週三 10:00~12:00 備註: 每週三 10:00~12:00 請來凝態物理大樓,辦公室在7樓 R726,最好事前預約 
指定閱讀
各種自旋電子元件的最新研發成果  
參考書目
Magnetism and magnetic materials, J.M. D. Coey
Magnetic memory, D. D. Tang & Y. J. Lee
Nonvolatile Memory Design: Magnetic, Resistive, and Phase Change, HaiLi &
YiranChen  
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
Project 
60% 
The teachers will assign project to students and evaluate at the end of semester  
2. 
Homeworks 
30% 
The homeworks assigned at the end of each courses 
3. 
Interviewing 
10% 
Teachers will interview student during the office hour and class 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
2/24  Course Introduction History and Background Advances in magnetism in late the 20thCentury New magnetic devices  
第2週
3/02  Basic Electronmagnetism Introduction; Magnetic force; poles and fields; Magnetic dipoles; Ampere's circuital Law; Biot-Savart Law; Magnetic moments Magnetic dipolar energy; Magnetic Flux; Magnetic Induction; Classical Maxwell equations of electomagnetism; Inductance  
第3週
3/09  Magnetism and magnetic material (I) Origin of magnetism (spin; orbital; spin-orbit coupling); Introduction of magnetic materials (dia-; para-; ferro; anti-ferro; ferri-magnet); Ferromagnet/antiferromagnet bilayer structure; Interlayer exchnage coupling in ferromagnet/metal/ferromagnet multilayer (RKKY interaction; Neel coupling);  
第4週
3/16  Magnetism and magnetic material (II) Anisotropy energy: (Crystalline; interface/surface; Exchange energy; Zeeman energy) In-plane film and perpendicular film; Magnetization Dynamics (precession);  
第5週
3/23  Properties of Magnetic nano-structures Edge pole and demagnetizing field; magnetic domains, domain wall, curling, vortex, C/S-state; magnetization behavior under an external field; Stoner-Walfarth model; Switching behavior, switching threshold field; magnetization behavior of a synthetic anti-ferromagnetic film stack  
第6週
3/30  Magneto-resistance effects Hall effects; AMR; GMR; TMR, MTJ;  
第7週
4/06  Field-write mode MRAM Field MTJ RAM cell; read signal; write bit cell with magnetic field; Astroid-mode MRAM; Toggle-mode MRAM; Characterization method of MRAM chip write performance; Thermally assisted field write; Multi-transistor cells  
第8週
4/13  Magnetization dynamics, spin-magnetization interactions Magnetization dynamics, LLG equation; Ferromagnetic resonance; Interaction between polarized free electrons and Magnetization Macrospin model; Spin-torque Transfer properties of spin valve; Spin-torque Transfer properties of MTJ; Spin current, spin pumping, accumulation, and effective damping  
第9週
4/20  Spin-torque transfer mode MRAM (I) Spin transfer mode MRAM cell; Spin-transfer torque and switching threshold current density; Stochastic property of magnetic switching; Abnormal switching behavior; Tunnel barrier reliability;  
第10週
4/27  Spin-torque transfer mode MRAM (II) Circuit model; memory cell operation; read-write operation window; Data retention; Thermal stability of STT memory chip;  
第11週
5/04  Other switching modes MRAM Current-driven domain wall motion mode –physics, devices VCAM mode –physics, application to memory devices Precession mode -physics, devices Spin Hall effect mode – physics, devices  
第12週
5/11  Apparatus principles; memory chip design, statistics, error handling Film/memory device characterization and apparatus Apparatus principles; VSM – working principle MOKE – working principle CIPT – working principle TDDB; Data retention; memory chip design; statistics; error handling  
第13週
5/18  Magnetoresistive sensor Introduction to theory Hall effect AMR GMR TMR Schematic & circuitry: GMR as an example Microfabrication Applications  
第14週
5/25  Applications of magnetic tunnel junction technology Memory landscape; standalone memory; Embedded in CMOS SoC; Endurance vs data retention requirement In TCAM, FPGA, other embedded applications Chip power management; Nv Logic; RF oscillator (ST)  
第15週
6/01  HDD, Spin-FET, Hall/Spin Hall devices/RF oscillator/logic elements Hard Disk Drive HDD, evolution; Recording medium; Sensors and write head; Electronics; Mn:GaAs Logic devices RF oscillator (ST)  
第16週
6/08  break: team design projects  
第17週
6/15  Students Projects Presentation, team leader report