IP Library Granted Patent US 11,101,012
Granted Patent B2
US 11,101,012 · App. 16/558,868 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Magnetic storage device

Inventors: Yoshihiro Ueda (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Shinji Miyano (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
G11C19/0841G11C19/0833G11C11/161
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Patent No.
US 11,101,012
App. No.
16/558,868
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic storage device includes a magnetic body including first and second magnetic regions and a magnetic connection region that connects the first and second magnetic regions, and in which a plurality of magnetic domains each storing information by a magnetization direction thereof is formed, a read element that is electrically connected to the magnetic connection region and by which a magnetization direction of one of the magnetic domains is read, and a write element by which a magnetic domain having a magnetization direction is formed in the magnetic body according to information to be stored. The magnetic domains formed in each of the first and second magnetic regions are shifted in a predetermined direction in response to current that flows through the corresponding one of the first and second magnetic regions.

Claims (31)

1. A magnetic storage device comprising:

a magnetic body including first and second magnetic regions and a magnetic connection region that connects the first and second magnetic regions, and in which a plurality of magnetic domains each storing information by a magnetization direction thereof is formed;

a read element that is electrically connected to the magnetic connection region and by which a magnetization direction of one of the magnetic domains is read;

a write element by which a magnetic domain having a magnetization direction is formed in the magnetic body according to information to be stored;

a first source line;

a second source line;

a first switch that electrically connects or disconnects an end of the first magnetic region opposite to the magnetic connection region and the first source line; and

a second switch that electrically connects or disconnects an end of the second magnetic region opposite to the magnetic connection region and the second source line, wherein

the magnetic domains formed in each of the first and second magnetic regions are shifted in a predetermined direction in response to current that flows through the corresponding one of the first and second magnetic regions.

2. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second magnetic regions has a cylindrical shape and contains ferromagnetic material.

3. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bit line electrically connected to the read element.

4. The magnetic storage device according to claim 3 , wherein

the read element is a magnetoresistive element.

5. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second switches is an inter-terminal switch element that changes from an OFF state to an ON state when a voltage equal to or greater than a threshold voltage is applied between the bit line and the corresponding source line, and maintains the ON state as long as current equal to or greater than a holding current continues to flow through the switch.

6. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second switches are field effect transistors.

7. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second magnetic regions extend in a first direction and are arranged in parallel in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

an end of each of the first and second magnetic regions is bent along the second direction and is connected to the magnetic connection region.

8. The magnetic storage device according to claim 7 , wherein

the bit line extends in the second direction, and

the first and second source lines extend in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.

9. The magnetic storage device according to claim 8 , wherein

the write element includes a field line extending in the third direction.

10. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the magnetic domain is formed by the write element in the magnetic body, a magnetic field is generated by current that flows through the write element.

11. The magnetic storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnetic connection region is located between the read and write elements.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058777/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2019
From: UEDA, YOSHIHIRO; MIYANO, SHINJI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051181/0103 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-052868 · Mar 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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