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Towards Neural Magnetic Field Sensing with Vertical Flux Concentrator-Integrated Perpendicular MTJs
Towards Neural Magnetic Field Sensing with Vertical Flux Concentrator-Integrated Perpendicular MTJs
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202105623
- ISBN
- 9798265429476
- DDC
- 537.62
- 저자명
- Ali, Ziad.
- 서명/저자
- Towards Neural Magnetic Field Sensing with Vertical Flux Concentrator-Integrated Perpendicular MTJs
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Stanford University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 129 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-05, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Poon, Ada S.Y.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Brain implants that measure neural magnetic fields, rather than electrical potentials, are expected to confer significant clinical advantages related to implant longevity and signal fidelity due to the elimination of the electrode-tissue interface. However, the informational differences between electrical potentials and magnetic fields generated by spiking cortical neurons remain poorly understood. In addition, neural magnetic fields are minuscule, and no technology has yet achieved sufficiently good noise, sensitivity, and scalability to demonstrate single-shot neural magnetic field recording.In this work, we first analytically explore the fundamental properties of neural magnetic fields at the cellular level and then computationally demonstrate that their informational richness facilitates better cell identification and discrimination than electrical potential measurements. We then explore how we can design perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) sensors to detect these fields, motivated by the technological maturity and high scalability of pMTJ memory devices as well as the lack of prior research into measuring out-of-plane neural fields. We redesign the free layer of these memory devices to reconfigure them for linear sensing, rather than switching, and achieve a literature-best tunnel magnetoresistance ratio of 150%. To enhance device detectivity, we introduce a vertical flux concentrator (vFC) architecture. Using finite-element analysis, we demonstrate that the vFC effectively amplifies magnetic fields in the out-of-plane direction, achieving detectivity enhancements comparable to conventional in-plane flux concentrators while occupying over two orders of magnitude less spatial area. To overcome the challenges of fabricating a tall, cantilevered, high aspect ratio structure with single-micron alignment accuracy,we employ a plasma focused ion beam to sculpt our 150 µm2 -footprint flux concentrator from a thin film, lift it out, and weld it to our 1 µm2 -area pMTJ, improving detectivity by ∼ 40x. This work demonstrates the promise of perpendicular MTJs for highly-scalable neural magnetic field sensing and the utility of employing vertical flux concentrators to improve device performance within an area-efficient form factor.
- 일반주제명
- Dielectric properties
- 일반주제명
- Neurons
- 일반주제명
- Transplants & implants
- 일반주제명
- Electrodes
- 일반주제명
- Memory
- 일반주제명
- Permeability
- 일반주제명
- Magnetic fields
- 일반주제명
- Plating
- 일반주제명
- Design
- 일반주제명
- Ion beams
- 일반주제명
- Electroencephalography
- 일반주제명
- Electric currents
- 일반주제명
- Neurosciences
- 일반주제명
- Surgery
- 일반주제명
- Electromagnetics
- 기타저자
- Stanford University.
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-05B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■590 ▼aSchool code: 0212.
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■650 4▼aTransplants & implants
■650 4▼aElectrodes
■650 4▼aMemory
■650 4▼aPermeability
■650 4▼aMagnetic fields
■650 4▼aPlating
■650 4▼aDesign
■650 4▼aIon beams
■650 4▼aElectroencephalography
■650 4▼aElectric currents
■650 4▼aNeurosciences
■650 4▼aSurgery
■650 4▼aElectromagnetics
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■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17360812▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.


