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We present an analytical model for calculating energy barrier for the magnetic field-driven domain wall-mediated magnetization reversal of a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) cell and apply it to study thermal stability factor $Delta$ for various thicknesses of W layers inserted into the free layer (FL) as a function of the cell size and temperature. We find that, by increasing W thickness, the effective perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) energy density of the FL film monotonically increases, but at the same time, $Delta$ of the cell mainly decreases. Our analysis shows that, in addition to saturation magnetization $M_s$ and exchange stiffness constant $A_mathrm{ex}$ of the FL film, the parameter that quantifies the $Delta$ of the cell is its coercive field $H_c$, rather than the net PMA field $H_k$ of the FL film comprising the cell.
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