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Magnetic wall assisted bubble domain nucleator
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1977-05-31
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Granted: 1978-12-05
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Expires: 1997-05-31
Abstract
Abstract An improved magnetic bubble domain nucleator is provided which uses a magnetic wall, such as a charged wall, Neel wall, or Bloch wall, to assist nucleation. In a preferred embodiment, a magnetic charged wall is produced in an ion implanted region of a magnetic material with an in-plane magnetic field, and an applied nucleating magnetic field is produced by current in a conductor. The combination of the first magnetic field associated with the charged wall and the second magnetic field produced by current through the conductor is sufficient to nucleate a bubble domain in the magnetic medium whereas each of these fields acting alone is not sufficient for nucleation. Since the first magnetic field provides a component of the total nucleating field, the amount of nucleation current required in the conductor is reduced. Any structure that can be used to provide the magnetic charged wall, including ion implanted regions of a magnetic material, or an apertured layer of magnetically soft material is suitable in the practice of this invention. The structure for providing the second magnetic field is conveniently provided by a current carrying conductor, or by a magnetic element having a stray field associated therewith, or even by another magnetic bubble domain. Thus, this invention seeks to use naturally occurring magnetic walls to assist bubble nucleation rather than using additional structure.
Inventors
- 👤 George S. Almasi
- 👤 George E. Keefe
- 👤 Yeong S. Lin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:06
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C19/00; G11C19/02; G11C19/08; G11C19/0858; G11C19/0808; G11C19/0816
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means including a magnetic layer for producing a magnetic charged wall therein when a magnetic field is present in said magnetic layer, said charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means including a magnetic layer for producing a magnetic charged wall therein when a magnetic field is present in said magnetic layer, said charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said magnetic means is a current carrying conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The nucleator of claim 2, where said conductor is located with respect to said charged wall that the magnetic field produced by current in said conductor is a maximum in the region where said first magnetic field is a maximum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said bubble domain is nucleated in the vicinity of said magnetic charged wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said first magnetic field is greater than said second magnetic field.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said first magnetic field is less than said second magnetic field.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall is comprised of contiguous propagation elements along which magnetic charged walls move in response to the reorientation of an applied magnetic field, said contiguous propagation elements being comprised of ion implanted regions forming a shift register for movementof said bubble domains.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
The nucleator of claim 1, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall is comprised of contiguous propagation elements along which magnetic charged walls move in response to the reorientation of an applied magnetic field, said propagation elements being formed in a continuous sheet of magnetically soft material and providing a shift register for movement of said magnetic bubble domains.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the stpes of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall produced in a magnetic layer having in-plane magnetization to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, and applying a second magnetic field to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the stpes of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall produced in a magnetic layer having in-plane magnetization to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, and applying a second magnetic field to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 9, where said second magnetic field is provided by current flow through a conductor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 10, wherein said current is applied as a current pulse in said conductor during selected cycles of rotation of an external magnetic field in the plane of said magnetic medium.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 10, where said magnetic charged wall is produced in a magnetic layer located adjacent to said magnetic medium in which said bubble domain is nucleated.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
187 words
A device for nucleating a magnetic bubble domain in a localized region of a magnetic medium, comprising: a shift register for movement of magnetic bubble domains in said magnetic medium, said shift register being comprised of contiguous propagation elements along which magnetic charged walls move in response to the reorientation of a magnetic field in the plane of said contiguous propagation elements, a current carrying conductor overlaying said magnetic medium and positioned so that a portion of said conductor is located near said localized region of said magnetic medium, for providing a magnetic field in said localized region of said magnetic medium when a current is pulsed through said conductor, said magnetic charged walls having magnetic fields associated therewith, the combined magnitude of said charged wall magnetic field and the magnetic field produced by current in said conductor being sufficient to nucleate a bubble domain in said localized region of said magnetic medium, both the magnitude of said magnetic field produced by current in said conductor and the magnitude of said charged wall magnetic field being insufficient alone to nucleate said bubble domain in said localized region.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
187 words
A device for nucleating a magnetic bubble domain in a localized region of a magnetic medium, comprising: a shift register for movement of magnetic bubble domains in said magnetic medium, said shift register being comprised of contiguous propagation elements along which magnetic charged walls move in response to the reorientation of a magnetic field in the plane of said contiguous propagation elements, a current carrying conductor overlaying said magnetic medium and positioned so that a portion of said conductor is located near said localized region of said magnetic medium, for providing a magnetic field in said localized region of said magnetic medium when a current is pulsed through said conductor, said magnetic charged walls having magnetic fields associated therewith, the combined magnitude of said charged wall magnetic field and the magnetic field produced by current in said conductor being sufficient to nucleate a bubble domain in said localized region of said magnetic medium, both the magnitude of said magnetic field produced by current in said conductor and the magnitude of said charged wall magnetic field being insufficient alone to nucleate said bubble domain in said localized region.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
59 words
The device of claim 13, where said contiguous propagation elements have a cusp region located adjacent to said localized portion of said magnetic medium, said current carrying conductor being located so that its magnetic field will be a maximum in the vicinity of said cusp-like region for nucleating a magnetic domain in said localized region of said magnetic medium.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device of claim 13, where said contiguous propagation elements have curved edges.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device of claim 17, where said contiguous propagation elements have diamond-like shapes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
The nucleator of claim 13, where said conductor has a width several times the diameter of said bubble domains.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic wall located in a magnetic layer to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, and applying a second magnetic field to said localized region of said magnetic medium by passing a current through a conductor, the combined magnitude of said first and second fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic wall located in a magnetic layer to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, and applying a second magnetic field to said localized region of said magnetic medium by passing a current through a conductor, the combined magnitude of said first and second fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 18, where said magnetic wall is produced in a magnetic material whose magnetization lies in the plane of said material.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
112 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means for producing a magnetic charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall is an ion implanted region in which said magnetic charged wall is produced by a magnetic field in the plane of said ion implanted region, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
112 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means for producing a magnetic charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall is an ion implanted region in which said magnetic charged wall is produced by a magnetic field in the plane of said ion implanted region, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
113 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means for producing a magnetic charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall includes a continuous layer of magnetically soft material having at least one aperture therein and means for producing a magnetic field in said magnetically soft material, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
113 words
A magnetic bubble domain nucleator for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, comprising: means for producing a magnetic charged wall having a first magnetic field associated therewith directed anti-parallel to the direction of magnetization of said magnetic medium, where said means for producing said magnetic charged wall includes a continuous layer of magnetically soft material having at least one aperture therein and means for producing a magnetic field in said magnetically soft material, magnetic means for producing a second magnetic field directed parallel to said first magnetic field, where the combination of said first and second magnetic fields is of sufficient intensity to nucleate a bubble domain in said magnetic medium.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
136 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, wherein said magnetic charged wall is produced by applying an external magnetic field to an ion implanted region of magnetic material, and applying a second magnetic field by current flow through a conductor to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
136 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, wherein said magnetic charged wall is produced by applying an external magnetic field to an ion implanted region of magnetic material, and applying a second magnetic field by current flow through a conductor to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, where said first magnetic field is produced by applying an external magnetic field to a continuous layer of magnetically permeable material having magnetic discontinuities therein, and applying a second magnetic field by current flow through a conductor to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for nucleating magnetic bubble domains in a magnetic medium, said method comprising the steps of: applying a first magnetic field from a magnetic charged wall to a localized region of said magnetic medium, the magnitude of this first magnetic field being insufficient to induce a reversal of the direction of the magnetization in the magnetic medium, where said first magnetic field is produced by applying an external magnetic field to a continuous layer of magnetically permeable material having magnetic discontinuities therein, and applying a second magnetic field by current flow through a conductor to said localized region of said magnetic medium, the combined magnitude of said first and second magnetic fields being sufficiently large to induce a reversal of the direction of magnetization of the magnetic medium in said localized region to thereby nucleate a bubble domain.
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