摘要:
It is a task to provide a magnetic storage device of complementary type, of which reliability is improved by precisely performing writing storage data. In the present invention, therefore, in a magnetic storage device of complementary type for storing storage data contrary to each other in a first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element and a second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element, respectively, the first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element and the second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element are formed adjacently on a semiconductor substrate, first writing lines is wound around the first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element like a coil and the same time second writing lines is wound around the second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element like a coil, and in addition, a winding direction of the first writing lines and a winding direction of the second writing lines are reversed to each other.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound storage circuit that includes a storage circuit including a volatile storage circuit and a nonvolatile storage circuit connected in parallel to each other and that is arranged to be capable of an instant-on function by storing information equal to storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit into the nonvolatile storage circuit, the compound storage circuit being capable of reducing power consumption, and a semiconductor device including the compound storage circuit.According to the present invention, in a compound storage circuit including a volatile storage circuit and a nonvolatile storage circuit connected in parallel to each other and a semiconductor device including the compound storage circuit, a determination circuit for comparing first storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit with second storage information that has already been stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit when storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit is written into the nonvolatile storage circuit is provided, and the first storage information is written into the nonvolatile storage circuit only when the first storage information is not equal to the second storage information.
摘要:
A magnetic storage apparatus provided using ferromagnetic tunnel junction devices is constituted by forming the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by laminating a fixed magnetization layer and a free magnetization layer on top and back surfaces of a tunnel barrier layer, respectively, wiring word lines in the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer of the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, and wiring bit lines in the direction orthogonal to the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer of the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, wherein two different memory states can be written in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by inverting the direction of the current flowing through the bit lines. At the time of writing in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, the direction of the current flowing through the word line is inverted in the same direction as or the opposite direction to the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound storage circuit that includes a storage circuit including a volatile storage circuit and a nonvolatile storage circuit connected in parallel to each other and that is arranged to be capable of an instant-on function by storing information equal to storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit into the nonvolatile storage circuit, the compound storage circuit being capable of reducing power consumption, and a semiconductor device including the compound storage circuit. According to the present invention, in a compound storage circuit including a volatile storage circuit and a nonvolatile storage circuit connected in parallel to each other and a semiconductor device including the compound storage circuit, a determination circuit for comparing first storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit with second storage information that has already been stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit when storage information stored in the volatile storage circuit is written into the nonvolatile storage circuit is provided, and the first storage information is written into the nonvolatile storage circuit only when the first storage information is not equal to the second storage information.
摘要:
It is a task to provide a magnetic storage device of complementary type, of which reliability is improved by precisely performing writing storage data.In the present invention, therefore, in a magnetic storage device of complementary type for storing storage data contrary to each other in a first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element and a second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element, respectively, the first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element and the second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element are formed adjacently on a semiconductor substrate, first writing lines is wound around the first ferromagnetic tunnel junction element like a coil and the same time second writing lines is wound around the second ferromagnetic tunnel junction element like a coil, and in addition, a winding direction of the first writing lines and a winding direction of the second writing lines are reversed to each other.
摘要:
A magnetic storage apparatus provided using ferromagnetic tunnel junction devices is constituted by forming the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by laminating a fixed magnetization layer and a free magnetization layer on top and back surfaces of a tunnel barrier layer, respectively, wiring word lines in the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer of the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, and wiring bit lines in the direction orthogonal to the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer of the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, wherein two different memory states can be written in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by inverting the direction of the current flowing through the bit lines. At the time of writing in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device, the direction of the current flowing through the word line is inverted in the same direction as or the opposite direction to the magnetization direction of the fixed magnetization layer.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide a composite storage circuit capable of executing a writing operation and reading operation at high speed, and as the result of that, a semiconductor apparatus capable of realizing an instant-on function and an instant-off function is provided. The composite storage circuit is constituted of a volatile storage circuit and a non-volatile storage circuit connected in parallel, and the same information as storage information in the volatile storage circuit is stored in the non-volatile storage circuit. Moreover, as a power supply to the volatile storage circuit decreases, storage information in the volatile storage circuit is written in the non-volatile storage circuit. Further, after a power failure or a decreased power supply, storage information from the non-volatile storage circuit is returned to the volatile storage circuit upon restarting power feeding. Further, a semiconductor apparatus is constituted by having the composite storage circuit described above.
摘要:
An object is to provide a magnetic storage apparatus capable of performing storage data to a ferromagnetic tunnel junction device surely and with a low electric consumption. In the present invention, a magnetic storage apparatus using a ferromagnetic tunnel junction device configured so as to perform writing of storage data into the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by applying writing magnetic force on the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device and to perform reading of storage data written in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device by detecting a resistance value of the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device is provided, wherein it is configured to be able to change the magnitude of the writing magnetic force.
摘要:
It is an object to provide, in a data storage circuit for storing data, a power saving data storage circuit and a data writing method in the data storage circuit, and, further, to provide a data storage device. Thus, in the present invention, reading out existing data stored in a storage element M is performed prior to performing writing of new data to the storage element M to compare the existing data and the new data. The data storage circuit is configured so that in a case where the existing data and the new data are identical with each other, writing to the storage element M is not performed, and, in a case where the existing data and the new data are not identical with each other, writing of the new data to the storage element M is performed. The data storage circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate to have a data storage device.
摘要:
It is an object to, in a data storage circuit for storing data, provide a power saving data storage circuit and a data writing method in the data storage circuit, and further, a data storage device. Thus, in the present invention, reading out of existing data stored in a storage element M is performed prior to performing writing of new data to the storage element M to compare the existing data and the new data. The data storage circuit is configured so that in a case where the existing data and the new data are identical with each other, writing to the storage element M is not performed and, in a case where the existing data and the new data are not identical with each other, writing of the new data to the storage element M is performed. The data storage circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate to have a data storage device.