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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:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Shuichiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Shuto, Kanagawa, JP;

Satoshi Sugahara, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 14/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 14/0081 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 14/0054 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory circuit includes: a bistable circuit () that writes data; nonvolatile elements (MTJ, MTJ) that store the data written in the bistable circuit into the nonvolataole element in a nonvolatile manner, and restore the data stored in a nonvolatile manner into the bistable circuit; and a determining unit () that does not store the data written in the bistable circuit into the nonvolatile elements when the data in the bistable circuit is the same as the data in the nonvolatile elements, but stores the data in the bistable circuit into the nonvolatile elements when the data in the bistable circuit is not the same as the data in the nonvolatile elements.


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