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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a spin transfer torque magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a temperature detecting unit detecting an ambient temperature of the magnetoresistive element, and a write voltage generating unit generating a write voltage for the magnetoresistive element in accordance with the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.