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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Ashish Pancholy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jerome S. Wolfman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashish Pancholy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jerome S. Wolfman, San Jose, CA (US);
Silicon Magnetic Systems, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory array including a conductive line adapted to simultaneously conduct current in at least two distinct directions relative and adjacent to a magnetic junction is provided. In some embodiments, one of the distinct directions may be substantially aligned with an elongated dimension of the magnetic junction, while another of the distinct directions may be substantially aligned with a shortened dimension of the magnetic junction. In yet other embodiments, at least one of the distinct directions may be aligned at an angle between approximately 0 degrees and approximately 90 degrees relative to an elongated dimension of the magnetic junction. In either case, a memory array is provided which includes a contiguous conductive line having a first portion arranged above a magnetic junction of the memory array and a second portion arranged below the magnetic junction. In addition, a method for operating such a magnetic memory array is provided.