Single ended row select for a MRAM device
US6751117B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/1675
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting a rowline in a MRAM device. A rowline select circuit is provided on a first side of each rowline and connects the rowline to ground when a memory cell in the rowline is being written to and to a voltage source when a memory cell in the rowline is being read. A rowline stack select circuit is provided on the second side of each rowline and is connected to one rowline on each plane of memory. When a memory cell is being accessed, the rowline containing that memory cell as well as each other rowline connected to the same rowline stack select circuit are connected to a current source.
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