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Offset magnetoresistive memory structures

US5251170A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1991
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N50/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital memory having a plurality of electrically connected bit structures extending over a path with adjacent ones offset from one another in a direction substantially perpendicular to that path. The bit structures are formed of two ferromagnetic films with an exchange coupling barrier therebetween.

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