Patent ID: 8879314

Claim:
An addressable memory cell comprising: a first conductor; a second conductor; and a serially connected magnetic storage element and a Schottky diode, between said two conductors, wherein said Schottky diode replaces an address transistor of a conventional memory cell to enable reading of said storage element without activating an address transistor associated with said cell and provides a unidirectional conductive path between said two conductors and through said element, said diode being disposed according to one of the following two configurations: (i) between said first conductor and said element in a first configuration, wherein said diode comprises a junction between a first metal layer and a first junction layer, wherein said first conductor comprises said first metal layer, and (ii) between said second conductor and said element in a second configuration, wherein said diode comprises a junction between a second metal layer and a second junction layer, wherein said second conductor comprises said second metal layer.