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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

May. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Ji-Feng Ying, Hsinchu, TW;

Baohua Niu, Portland, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01F 10/14 (2006.01); H01F 10/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/12 (2006.01); H01F 10/32 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/228 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01F 10/14 (2013.01); H01F 10/16 (2013.01); H01F 10/329 (2013.01); H01F 10/3236 (2013.01); H01F 10/3286 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic detection circuit for a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is provided. The magnetic detection circuit includes a sensing array and a controller. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensing cells, and each of plurality of sensing cells includes a first magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device. The controller is configured to periodically write and read the sensing cells to obtain a difference between first data written to the sensing cells and second data read from the sensing cells. When the difference between the first data and the second data is greater than a threshold value, the controller is configured to stop a write operation of a plurality of memory cells of the MRAM until the difference between the first data and the second data is less than the threshold value.


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