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Write-once thin-film memory

US6324093A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 2000
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data storage device includes a group of memory cells. Write-once operations may be performed by damaging the thin-film barriers of at least some of the memory cells. The data storage device may be a Magnetic Random Access Memory ("MRAM") device.

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