Patent ID: 7206220

Claim:
An MRAM memory compising a matrix and selecting circuitry for selecting at least a cell to be read or a cell to be written, the matrix having magnetoresistive memory cells, each magnetoresistive memory cell comprising: a magnetoresistive memory element, the magnetoresistive memory cells being linked together to form logically organized rows and columns, there being at least a first row or column adjacent to a second row or column, the first row or column having at least a first row or column write line and the second row or column having at least a second row or column write line, wherein the matrix comprises connecting means between said first and second row or column write lines, for at least temporarily electrically connecting said first and second row or column write lines to each other, so that a current flowing in the first row or column write line flows in the opposite direction to the same current flowing in the second row or column write line; and wherein each row or column has a wordline and each magnetoresistive memory cell comprises a second switching element for connecting another electrode of the magnetoresistive memory element to a voltage source, the wordline being a continuous strip electrically connected to each of the second switching elements of a row or column.