Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic random access memory
- Patent Title (中): 磁性随机存取存储器
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Application No.: US11887631Application Date: 2006-03-23
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Publication No.: US07817462B2Publication Date: 2010-10-19
- Inventor: Sadahiko Miura , Tadahiko Sugibayashi , Tetsuhiro Suzuki
- Applicant: Sadahiko Miura , Tadahiko Sugibayashi , Tetsuhiro Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: JP2005-095486 20050329
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/305789 WO 20060323
- International Announcement: WO2006/104002 WO 20061005
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
MRAM includes a first wiring, a second wiring, and a memory cell. The first wiring extends to a first direction, and the second wiring extends to a second direction. The memory cell includes a free magnetic layer in which a plurality of magnetic layers coupled anti-ferromagnetically through non-magnetic layers are laminated, and is provided at an intersection of the first and second wirings. The magnetization direction of the free magnetic layer is different from the first and second directions. The writing method includes (a) reading a first data stored in the memory cell; (b) comparing a second data to be written to the memory cell and the first data; and (c) changing a direction of a first write current supplied to the first wiring and a direction of the second write current to be supplied to the second wiring, when the first data and second data are different.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090141540A1 Magnetic Random Access Memory Public/Granted day:2009-06-04
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