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Multilevel magnetic storage device

US7936597B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33References

29Claims

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Assignee

Seagate Technology LLC · US

Inventors

Thomas William Clinton · Bethesda, US
Michael Allen Seigler · Eden Prairie, US
Mark W. Convington · Pittsburgh, US
Werner Scholz · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2008
Grant date	May 3, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S977/935
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes a memory configured to store data having a pinned layer and a plurality of stacked memory locations. Each memory location includes a nonmagnetic layer and a switchable magnetic layer. The plurality of stacked memory locations are capable of storing a plurality of data bits.

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