Active compensation for operating point drift in MRAM write operation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7286421
APP PUB NO 20050102581A1
SERIAL NO

10695010

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A method and apparatus for minimizing errors that may occur when writing information to a magnetic memory cell array with an operating write current due to changes in the local magnetic fields and. A test write current is sent to a reference memory cell and the effect of the test current on the orientation of the magnetization in the reference cell is monitored. The write current is then modified to compensate for any changes in the optimum operating point that have occurred. Arrays of reference magnetic memory cells having varying properties may be used to more accurately characterize any changes that have occurred in the operating environment. A phase difference between a time varying current used to drive the reference cell and the corresponding variations in the orientation of the magnetization in the reference cell may also be used to further characterize changes in the operating environment.

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Abraham, David William Croton, NY 34 840
Trouilloud, Philip Louis Norwood, NJ 20 619

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