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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichiro Inomata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Saito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Kishi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365171 ; 365173 ;
Abstract
A discrete energy levels are introduced in a ferromagnetic layer of a magnetic device, and tunnel current flows through a plurality of tunnel junctions. The tunnel junctions are disposed between first and second electrodes and the first ferromagnetic layer is interposed between the two tunnel junctions. Variations of the tunnel current depend on the relationship between magnetization directions of the ferromagnetic layer and another ferromagnetic layer. Tunnel current varies between parallel relation and anti-parallel relation.