Invention Application
- Patent Title: MAGNETIC MEMORY
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Application No.: US15267974Application Date: 2016-09-16
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Publication No.: US20170169872A1Publication Date: 2017-06-15
- Inventor: Hiroaki YODA , Naoharu SHIMOMURA , Yuichi OHSAWA , Tadaomi DAIBOU , Tomoaki INOKUCHI , Satoshi SHIROTORI , Altansargai BUYANDALAI , Yuuzo KAMIGUCHI
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku
- Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
- Current Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku
- Priority: JP2015-243603 20151214; JP2016-153933 20160804
- Main IPC: G11C11/16
- IPC: G11C11/16 ; H01L27/22 ; H01L43/08 ; H01L43/02

Abstract:
A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a conductive layer including a first and second terminals; a plurality of magnetoresistive elements separately disposed on the conductive layer between the first and second terminals, each magnetoresistive element including a reference layer, a storage layer between the reference layer and the conductive layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the storage layer and the reference layer; and a circuit configured to apply a first potential to the reference layers of the magnetoresistive elements and to flow a first write current between the first and second terminals, and configured to apply a second potential to the reference layer or the reference layers of one or more of the magnetoresistive elements to which data is to be written, and to flow a second write current between the first and second terminals in an opposite direction to the first write current.
Public/Granted literature
- US09881660B2 Magnetic memory Public/Granted day:2018-01-30
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