CIES Consortium
Industry-Academic Collaboration
Spintronics Embedded Device Technology
R&D of supersensitive magnetic sensors using ferromagnetic tunnel junctions
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Research Director
Prof.
Yasuo Ando -
Research Director
Prof.
Mikihiko Oogane
Magnetic sensors are widely used in various fields, such as environment, security, medical appliances, information technology, automobiles, etc. Additionally, the market scale of magnetic sensors is several billion dollars*. In this research, we will develop magnetic sensor devices with high sensitivity, small size, low power consumption and low cost using magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). A revolution in market of magnetic sensors is expected by realization of high-performance MTJs.
* IHS iSuppli Market Research