Patent ID: 9331270
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G11C,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A memory element, comprising a layered structure including: a memory layer having a magnetization direction configured to be changed by in response to a current applied in a lamination direction of the layered structure to record information in the memory layer and at least including: a fixed-magnetization layer having a fixed magnetization direction parallel to the lamination direction, the lamination direction being a direction perpendicular to a film face of the fixed-magnetization layer; and an intermediate layer provided between the memory layer and the fixed-magnetization layer, wherein a magnetization direction in an equilibrium state of the first ferromagnetic layer and a magnetization direction in an equilibrium state of the second ferromagnetic layer are respectively at a first and second predetermined angle relative to the fixed magnetization direction, wherein the first and second predetermined angles are more than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees relative to the fixed magnetization direction, and the first predetermined angle is different in magnitude from the second predetermined angle.