Toshiba Memory Corporation

Masashi Kawamura

Masahiko Nakayama

Minoru Amano

Katsuhiko Hoya

Mikio Miyata

According to one embodiment, a memory includes a magnetoresistive element, a reference cell, a sense amplifier comparing a first current flowing in the magnetoresistive element with a second current flowing in the reference cell, a first transistor having a first control terminal controlling a value of the first current, a second transistor having a second control terminal controlling a value of the second current, and a controller applying a first potential to the first control terminal and a second potential to the second control terminal in a first operation, and applying the first potential to the first control terminal and a third potential larger than the second potential to the second control terminal in a second operation.

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Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan

Masashi Kawamura