Patent ID: 8809978

Claim:
A memory element, comprising: a layered structure including a memory layer that has a magnetization direction changed depending on information, the magnetization direction being changed by applying a current in a lamination direction of the layered structure to record the information in the memory layer, including a first ferromagnetic layer having a magnetization direction that is inclined from a direction perpendicular to a film face, a bonding layer laminated on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer laminated on the bonding layer and bonded to the first ferromagnetic layer via the bonding layer, having a magnetization direction that is inclined from the direction perpendicular to the film face, one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer being an in-plane magnetization layer predominantly having a magnetization direction that is closer to the direction parallel to the film face than the direction perpendicular to the film face, the other being a perpendicular magnetization layer having a magnetization direction that is closer to the direction perpendicular to the film face than a direction parallel to the film face, a magnetization-fixed layer having a fixed magnetization direction, an intermediate layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, and is contacted with the first ferromagnetic layer, and a cap layer that is contacted with the second ferromagnetic layer.