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【解決手段】半導体装置101は、行列上に配置され、各々が、記憶データの論理値に対応する磁化方向に応じて電気抵抗値が変化する複数の磁気抵抗素子Mを含む複数の記憶部MUと、記憶部行に対応して設けられた複数の制御線WWLEと、記憶部列に対応して設けられた複数の制御線WWLと、記憶部MUに対応して設けられ、対応の記憶部MUに対応する制御線WWLEおよび制御線WWLの間に接続された複数の制御線DWWLと、記憶部MUに対応して設けられ、対応の記憶部MUに対応する制御線WWLEおよび制御線DWWLの間に接続されたダイオードDと、データ書き込み時、複数の制御線DWWLの少なくともいずれかを選択し、選択した制御線DWWLを通して書き込み電流を流す書き込み回路11とを備える。
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Takaharu Tsuji et al. " A 1.2V 1Mbit Embedded MRAM Core with Folded Bit-Line Array Architecture ", 2004 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers pp.450-453 M.Hosomi et al. " A Novel Nonvolatile Memory with Spin torque Transfer Magnetization Switching:Spin-RAM ", 2005 IEEE
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- 行列上に配置され、各々が、記憶データの論理値に対応する磁化方向に応じて電気抵抗値が変化する複数の磁気抵抗素子を含む複数の記憶部と、
前記記憶部行に対応して設けられた複数の第1の制御線と、
前記記憶部列に対応して設けられた複数の第2の制御線と、
前記記憶部に対応して設けられ、対応の前記記憶部に対応する前記第1の制御線および前記第2の制御線の間に接続された複数の第3の制御線と、
前記記憶部に対応して設けられ、対応の前記記憶部に対応する前記第1の制御線および前記第3の制御線の間に接続されたダイオードと、
データ書き込み時、前記複数の第3の制御線のうちの少なくともいずれか1つを選択し、前記選択した前記第3の制御線を通して書き込み電流を流すことにより、前記選択した前記第3の制御線に対応する前記磁気抵抗素子の磁化に作用するデータ書き込み磁場を発生する書き込み回路とを備える半導体装置。
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| US9858976B2 (en) | 2016-03-16 | 2018-01-02 | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | Nonvolatile RAM comprising a write circuit and a read circuit operating in parallel |
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