Patent ID: 8797793

Claim:
Self-referenced magnetic random access memory (MRAM) element, comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction having a junction resistance comprising: a storage layer having a storage magnetization that is pinned along a first direction when the magnetic tunnel junction is at a low temperature threshold; a sense layer having a sense magnetization; and a tunnel barrier layer included between the storage layer and the sense layer; the magnetic tunnel junction having a magnetoresistance corresponding to the difference between a high junction resistance value where the sense magnetization is antiparallel to the storage magnetization, and a low junction resistance value where the sense magnetization is parallel to the storage magnetization; the MRAM element further comprising: an aligning device arranged for providing the sense magnetization with a magnetic anisotropy along a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a first field line for providing a first read magnetic field adapted to adjust the sense magnetization about the second direction such as to vary the junction resistance within a range being at least about 20% of the magnetoresistance; said aligning device being further arranged such that the junction resistance varies linearly within said range.