{"title":"A novel sensing scheme for an MRAM with a 5% MR ratio","authors":"K. Yamada, N. Sakai, Y. Ishizuka, K. Mameno","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2001.934214","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A novel sensing scheme for a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) with a twin cell structure is proposed. It operates by sensing the difference in voltage between a couple of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) in a transitional state. This method can achieve an MRAM with simple circuits, even if the magneto-resistance (MR) ratio is lower than 10%. Moreover, it features good endurance against the dispersion of device characteristics.","PeriodicalId":346869,"journal":{"name":"2001 Symposium on VLSI Circuits. Digest of Technical Papers (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37185)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2001 Symposium on VLSI Circuits. Digest of Technical Papers (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37185)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2001.934214","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A novel sensing scheme for a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) with a twin cell structure is proposed. It operates by sensing the difference in voltage between a couple of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) in a transitional state. This method can achieve an MRAM with simple circuits, even if the magneto-resistance (MR) ratio is lower than 10%. Moreover, it features good endurance against the dispersion of device characteristics.