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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Applicants:
John R. Beers, Boise, ID (US);
Corbin L. Champion, Pullman, WA (US);
Kenneth K. Smith, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
John R. Beers, Boise, ID (US);
Corbin L. Champion, Pullman, WA (US);
Kenneth K. Smith, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage device includes plural groups of memory cells, wherein the memory cells comprise magnetoresistive elements. Each group includes a transistor, and the memory cells of each group include a first set of parallel connected memory cells that are connected to a node of the transistor. The storage device further includes a sensing device to detect a state of a memory cell in a selected one of the groups.