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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ebrahim Abedifard, San Jose, CA (US);
Mahmood Mozaffari, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Petro Estakhri, Danville, CA (US);
Parviz Keshtbod, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G11C 11/1677 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of writing to a magneto tunnel junction (MTJ) includes writing data to the MTJ, reading the written data using a first reference MTJ and reading the written data using a second reference MTJ. Based on the reading steps and the result of the comparing step, setting a select bit to select the proper reference for future reads.