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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:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Shirotori, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroaki Yoda, Kawasaki, JP;

Yuichi Ohsawa, Yokohama, JP;

Yuuzo Kamiguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Naoharu Shimomura, Meguro, JP;

Tadaomi Daibou, Yokohama, JP;

Tomoaki Inokuchi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1655 (2013.01); G11C 11/1659 (2013.01); G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G11C 11/18 (2013.01); H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 27/228 (2013.01); H01L 43/02 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H01L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic memory of an embodiment includes: a first to third terminals; a magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer; a second nonmagnetic layer including a first to third portions, the first portion being located between the second and the third portions, the second and third portions being electrically connected to the second and third terminals respectively, the first magnetic layer being disposed between the first portion and the first nonmagnetic layer; and a third nonmagnetic layer including a fourth to sixth portions, the fourth portion being located between the first portion and the first magnetic layer, the fifth portion including a first region extending from the magnetoresistive element to the second terminal, the sixth portion including a second region extending from the magnetoresistive element to the third terminal.


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