Invention Application
US20140029334A1 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING USING MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) CELLS
有权
使用磁阻随机存取存储器(MRAM)电池进行磁场感测
- Patent Title: MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING USING MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM) CELLS
- Patent Title (中): 使用磁阻随机存取存储器(MRAM)电池进行磁场感测
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Application No.: US13561478Application Date: 2012-07-30
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Publication No.: US20140029334A1Publication Date: 2014-01-30
- Inventor: Romney R. Katti , Michael A. Smith
- Applicant: Romney R. Katti , Michael A. Smith
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morristown
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morristown
- Main IPC: G11C11/16
- IPC: G11C11/16

Abstract:
A magnetic field sensing system includes one or more magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cells, and may be configured to determine one or more of a presence, a magnitude, and a polarity of an external magnetic field incident upon an MRAM cell. In some examples, a control module of the system controls a write current source, or another device, to provide a write current through a write line associated with the MRAM cell to induce a magnetic field proximate to the MRAM cell. The magnetic field may be less than a magnetic switching threshold of the MRAM cell. After initiating the provision of the write current through the write line, the control module may determine a magnetic state of the MRAM cell, and determine a presence of an external magnetic field incident upon the MRAM cell based at least in part on the magnetic state of the MRAM cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US08848431B2 Magnetic field sensing using magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cells Public/Granted day:2014-09-30
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