Invention Grant
US07929342B2 Magnetic memory cell, magnetic random access memory, and data read/write method for magnetic random access memory
有权
磁存储单元,磁随机存取存储器以及用于磁随机存取存储器的数据读/写方法
- Patent Title: Magnetic memory cell, magnetic random access memory, and data read/write method for magnetic random access memory
- Patent Title (中): 磁存储单元,磁随机存取存储器以及用于磁随机存取存储器的数据读/写方法
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Application No.: US11996711Application Date: 2006-08-04
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Publication No.: US07929342B2Publication Date: 2011-04-19
- Inventor: Hideaki Numata , Norikazu Ohshima , Tetsuhiro Suzuki , Tadahiko Sugibayashi , Nobuyuki Ishiwata , Shunsuke Fukami
- Applicant: Hideaki Numata , Norikazu Ohshima , Tetsuhiro Suzuki , Tadahiko Sugibayashi , Nobuyuki Ishiwata , Shunsuke Fukami
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NEC Corporation
- Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2005-235187 20050815; JP2006-088068 20060328
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/315528 WO 20060804
- International Announcement: WO2007/020823 WO 20070222
- Main IPC: G11C11/14
- IPC: G11C11/14

Abstract:
The present invention provides a new data writing method for an MRAM which can suppress deterioration of a tunnel barrier layer.A magnetic memory cell 1 has a magnetic recording layer 10 and a pinned layer 30 connected to the magnetic recording layer 10 through a non-magnetic layer 20. The magnetic recording layer 10 includes a magnetization switching region 13, a first magnetization fixed region 11 and a second magnetization fixed region 12. The magnetization switching region 13 has reversible magnetization and faces the pinned layer 30. The first magnetization fixed region 11 is connected to a first boundary B1 of the magnetization switching region 13 and its magnetization direction is fixed to a first direction. The second magnetization fixed region 12 is connected to a second boundary B2 of the magnetization switching region 13 and its magnetization direction is fixed to a second direction. Both of the first direction and the second direction are toward the magnetization switching region 13 or away from the magnetization switching region 13.
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