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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Nakayama, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Kawamura, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Hoya, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Miyata, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Amano, Sagamihara Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory includes a magnetoresistive element, a reference cell, a sense amplifier comparing a first current flowing in the magnetoresistive element with a second current flowing in the reference cell, a first transistor having a first control terminal controlling a value of the first current, a second transistor having a second control terminal controlling a value of the second current, and a controller applying a first potential to the first control terminal and a second potential to the second control terminal in a first operation, and applying the first potential to the first control terminal and a third potential larger than the second potential to the second control terminal in a second operation.