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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Wayne Theel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Wayne Theel, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Union Semiconductor Technology Corporation, Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic random access memory () with equalization has a plurality of magnetic memory elements that perform a memory operation. A word line magnetically activates at least one magnetic memory element. A sense line detects the state of the at least one magnetic memory element. A word line driver is connected to the word line to drive a current on the word line during the memory operation. A word line equalizer is connected to the word line to equalize the word line during the non-memory operations.