Patent ID: 6992921

Claim:
A magnetic random access memory comprising: a first write wiring line which runs in a first direction; a second write wiring line which has a first region where the second write wiring line runs in the first direction while overlapping the first write wiring line and a second region where the second write wiring line runs in a second direction different from the first direction; a magnetoresistive element formed between the first write wiring line and the first region of the second write wiring line; a first yoke layer which is formed from a magnetic layer and formed on a surface of the first write wiring line on an opposite side of a surface facing the magnetoresistive element and both side surfaces of the first write wiring line; and a second yoke layer which is formed from a magnetic layer and formed on a surface of the second write wiring line on an opposite side of a surface facing the magnetoresistive element and both side surfaces of the second write wiring line, the magnetoresistive element having a recording layer which is formed from a ferromagnetic material, comprises a first surface and a second surface, and has an easy axis of magnetization whose direction in a non-energized state tilts by 30° to 60° with respect to the first direction, a first ferromagnetic layer which is formed on a side of the first surface of the recording layer, formed from a ferromagnetic material whose direction of magnetization in the non-energized state is aligned to the first direction, and magnetically coupled to the recording layer by first magnetic coupling, a second ferromagnetic layer which is formed on a side of the second surface of the recording layer, formed from a ferromagnetic material whose direction of magnetization in the non-energized state is aligned to the first direction, and magnetically coupled to the recording layer by second magnetic coupling, a first nonmagnetic layer formed between the recording layer and the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer formed between the recording layer and the second ferromagnetic layer.