Chitra K. Subramanian, T. Andre, J. Nahas, B. Garni, H. Lin, A. Omair, W. Martino
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Abstract
A 4 Mbit "Toggle" MRAM, built in 0.18 micron five level metal CMOS technology, using a 1.55 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ bitcell with a single toggling magneto tunnel junction is described. The "Toggle" memory uses unidirectional programming currents controlled by switched local mirror circuits to achieve robust write operation. The isolated read architecture supports a 25 ns asynchronous cycle time operation, driven by balanced three input current mirror sense amplifiers.