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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:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Okazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/115 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/115 ;
Abstract
A magnetic memory device of the present invention includes a first wiring conductor having a first ability to flow a current therethrough, a second wiring conductor having a second ability larger than the first ability to flow a current therethrough, a magnetic memory cell having a pinned magnetic layer coupled to the second wiring conductor, a free magnetic layer coupled to the first wiring conductor and anon-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first and second magnetic layers. The first wiring conductor is made by aluminum and the second wiring conductor is made by copper.