Title :
Proposal for piezoelectric-ferromagnet bilayer based microwave oscillators without any external magnetic field or spin transfer torque
Author :
Bhowmik, Debanjan ; Salahuddin, Sayeef
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
To summarize, we proposed and simulated a nanomagnetic microwave oscillator that does not require any DC or r.f. magnetic field (unlike in conventional FMR), nor any spin torque current (unlike in STNO´s). The frequency of oscillation can be effectively tuned by DC voltage in the microwave domain. The fact that magnetic fields and currents are not needed can make it a much cheaper, denser and less power hungry alternative for future electromagnetic oscillator applications.
Keywords :
electromagnetic oscillations; microwave oscillators; piezoelectric oscillations; DC voltage; electromagnetic oscillator; nanomagnetic microwave oscillator; oscillation frequency; piezoelectric-ferromagnet bilayer based microwave oscillators; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic fields; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetic resonance; Magnetomechanical effects; Strain;
Conference_Titel :
Device Research Conference (DRC), 2011 69th Annual
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-243-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1548-3770
DOI :
10.1109/DRC.2011.5994471