Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 储存装置
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Application No.: US13155099Application Date: 2011-06-07
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Publication No.: US08472243B2Publication Date: 2013-06-25
- Inventor: Yutaka Higo , Hiroyuki Uchida , Hiroyuki Ohmori , Kazuhiro Bessho , Masanori Hosomi , Kazutaka Yamane
- Applicant: Yutaka Higo , Hiroyuki Uchida , Hiroyuki Ohmori , Kazuhiro Bessho , Masanori Hosomi , Kazutaka Yamane
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- Priority: JP2010-150178 20100630
- Main IPC: G11C11/14
- IPC: G11C11/14

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a storage apparatus including a cell array configured to include storage devices arranged to form an array. Each of the storage device has: a storage layer for storing information as the state of magnetization of a magnetic substance; a fixed-magnetization layer having a fixed magnetization direction; and a tunnel insulation layer sandwiched between the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer. In an operation to write information on the storage layer, a write current is generated to flow in the layer-stacking direction of the storage layer and the fixed-magnetization layer in order to change the direction of the magnetization of the storage layer. The cell array is divided into a plurality of cell blocks. The thermal stability of the storage layer of any particular one of the storage devices has a value peculiar to the cell block including the particular storage device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120002466A1 STORAGE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-01-05
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