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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Honlein, Unterhaching, DE;
Franz Kreupl, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1062 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1062 ;
Abstract
A magnetic memory unit having a first magnetizable electrode, a second magnetizable electrode, and at least one nanotube arranged between the electrodes in a longitudinal direction and coupled to the first electrode by a first longitudinal end and to the second electrode by a second longitudinal end. A storage information item is stored in the memory unit in a nonvolatile fashion by setting a magnetization direction of one of the magnetizable electrodes by applying an external magnetic field.