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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Se-chung OH, Suwon-si, KR;
Jang-eun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-tae Nam, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-jin Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-kyom Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jun-ho Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-yeol Lee, Seoul, KR;
Se-Chung Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Jang-Eun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-Tae Nam, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-Jin Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-Kyom Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jun-ho Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-Yeol Lee, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A magnetic memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The magnetic memory device includes a free layer, a write element, and a read element. The write element changes the magnetization direction of the free layer, and the read element senses the magnetization direction of the free layer. Herein, the write element includes a current confinement layer having a width smaller than the minimum width of the free layer to locally increase the density of a current flowing through the write element.