Patent ID: 7057253

Claim:
A magnetic memory cell, comprising: a first magnetic layer; a tunnel junction disposed over and abutting the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer disposed over and abutting the tunnel junction, wherein the magnetic memory cell comprises a first anisotropy axis and a second anisotropy axis, and wherein an angle between the first anisotropy axis and second anisotropy axis is non-perpendicular, wherein the first anisotropy axis comprises a shape anisotropy axis K s , wherein the second anisotropy axis comprises an intrinsic anisotropy axis K i , and wherein the intrinsic anisotropy axis K i is positioned in a direction γ i relative to the shape anisotropy axis K s and wherein the direction γ i is defined approximately by the equation: γ i = 1 2 ⁢ arccos ⁡ ( - K s / K i ) .