A study of multiple-valued magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) using binary MTJ devices

This paper presents four-valued magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) storage cells using one access transistor and two binary magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, with the MTJ devices either in series or in parallel. We present a comparative study of the two cells in terms of their area and power benefits over the binary MRAM, all using the same conventional MRAM process.

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