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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

May. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Everspin Technologies, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Syed M. Alam, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Andre, Austin, TX (US);

Matthew R. Croft, Austin, TX (US);

Chitra Subramanian, Mahopac, NY (US);

Halbert Lin, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Everspin Technologies, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G11C 11/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0076 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes sampling magnetic bits, applying a write current pulse to the magnetic bits to set them to a first logic state, resampling the magnetic bits, and comparing the results of sampling and resampling to determine the bit state for each magnetic bit. A read or write operation may be received after initiation of writing back magnetic bits having the second state, where the write-back can be aborted for a portion of the bits in the case of a write operation. The write-back may be performed such that different portions of the magnetic bits are written back at different times, thereby staggering the write-back current pulses in time. An offset current may also be used during resampling.


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