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Memory and write control method

US8437180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2010
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/161
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory includes: a memory device that has a memory layer storing data as a magnetization state of a magnetic body and a magnetization fixed layer whose direction of magnetization is fixed through a nonmagnetic layer interposed between the memory layer and the magnetization fixed layer and stores the data in the memory layer by changing a magnetization direction of the memory layer when a write current flowing in a stacked direction of the memory layer and the magnetization fixed layer is applied; and a voltage control unit that supplies the write current configured by independent pulse trains of two or more to the memory device by using a write voltage that is configured by independent pulse trains of two or more.

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