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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tohru Kouhei, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365158 ; 365173 ; 365157 ;
Abstract
A storage device includes an MR element; write circuit responsive to input of binary storage data indicative of either a first state or a second state, and applying a write magnetic field in a first direction correspondingly to the first state, or applying the write magnetic field in a reverse second direction correspondingly to the second state; and read circuit for applying a bias magnetic field to the MR element and discriminating between the first and second states in accordance with the volume resistivity of the MR element.