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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Oleg N. Mryasov, Bradford Woods, PA (US);
Thomas F. Ambrose, Sewickley, PA (US);
Werner Scholz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Oleg N. Mryasov, Bradford Woods, PA (US);
Thomas F. Ambrose, Sewickley, PA (US);
Werner Scholz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/82 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetoresistive memory element is provided with a read module having a first pinned layer with a magnetoresistance that is readable by a read current received from an external circuit. A write module has a nanocontact that receives a write current from the external circuit and, in turn, imparts a spin torque to a free layer that functions as a shared storage layer for both the read module and the write module.