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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuukoh Katoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/122 ; G11C 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/122 ; G11C 1/114 ;
Abstract
A magnetic memory device includes a plurality of word lines extending into a first direction, a plurality of bit lines extending into a second direction, and a plurality of magnetic memory cells which are provided at intersections of the word lines and the bit lines. Each of the memory cells includes a ferromagnetic film. Data is written in a first one of the magnetic memory cells with a synthetic magnetic field generated by first current flowing on a specific word line associated with the first magnetic memory cell and second current flowing on a specific bit line associated with the first magnetic memory cell.