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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:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A. Brug, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lung T. Tran, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas C. Anthony, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manoj K. Bhattacharyya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Janice Nickel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A solid-state memory including an array of magnetic storage cells and a set of conductors. The process steps that pattern the conductors also patterns the magnetic layers in the magnetic storage cells thereby avoiding the need to employ precise alignment between pattern masks.