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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lonny L Berg, Elk River, MN (US);
Paul W Cravens, Elk River, MN (US);
Allan T Hurst, Anoka, MN (US);
Tangshiun Yeh, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365158 ; 365173 ; 365171 ; 365 66 ; 365-8 ; 365 87 ;
Abstract
A magnetoresistive memory array which has a row of active sense lines with each sense line including magnetoresistive bits and word lines extending over the bits. Each active sense line ending in a termination bit having a configuration selected to cause an adjacent bit to experience a magnetic field similar to that experienced by the remaining bits in the sense line. An inactive sense line located at each end of the row of active sense lines.