Patent ID: 6917087

Claim:
An MRAM array comprising: a substrate; a plurality of MRAM devices distributed over the substrate wherein each of the plurality of MRAM devices has a major axis and an orthogonal minor axis; a first set of parallel conductors that are positioned adjacent a first side of the plurality of MRAM devices wherein the first set of parallel conductors extends in a direction parallel to one of the major or minor axes; and a second set of parallel conductors that are positioned adjacent a second side of the plurality of MRAM devices wherein the first set and second set of parallel conductors intersect in at least one plane at a plurality of locations adjacent the plurality of MRAM devices such that at the plurality of locations, each of the first and second set of conductors intersect at an angle offset from perpendicular such that the second set of conductors is asymmetric to the major and minor axes wherein the angle is selected to increase the net magnetic field sensed by one of the plurality of MRAM devices when current is simultaneously applied to a corresponding one of the first set and the second set of conductors.