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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masatoshi Ishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/114 ;
Abstract
A memory array is provided with first MTJ memory cells arranged in alternate rows and second MTJ memory cells arranged in other alternate rows and each having a layout inverted in a Y direction with respect to the first MTJ memory cell. In each memory cell column, first and second transistor gate interconnections are arranged in the Y direction. In the first MTJ memory cell, a gate of a transistor provided as an access element is connected to the first transistor gate interconnection. In the second MTJ memory cell, a gate of a transistor provided as an access element is connected to the second transistor gate interconnection.