Patent ID: 7907440

Claim:
A method of writing data to a magnetic random access memory device having a plurality of word lines oriented orthogonal to a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of magnetic memory cells configured in an array between the word lines and bit lines, the method comprising the steps of: providing a word line current to a given one of the word lines to select all of the magnetic memory cells along the given word line, wherein at least one of the selected magnetic memory cells comprises: at least one fixed magnetic layer; and a plurality of free magnetic layers, separated from the at least one fixed magnetic layer by at least one barrier layer, comprising: a first free magnetic layer adjacent to the barrier layer; a second free magnetic layer separated from the first free magnetic layer by at least one first parallel coupling layer; and a third free magnetic layer separated from the second free magnetic layer by at least one second parallel coupling layer, wherein a magnetic moment of the second free magnetic layer is greater than both a magnetic moment of the first free magnetic layer and a magnetic moment of the third free magnetic layer; providing a bit line current to each of the bit lines corresponding to the selected magnetic memory cells; removing the word line current; and removing the bit line current.