Patent ID: 7511992

Claim:
A magnetic memory device comprising: a first magnetoresistive element which takes a high-resistance state when receiving a write current in a first direction, takes a low-resistance state having a resistance value lower than a resistance value in the high-resistance state when receiving a write current in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and receives a read current in a read operation; a second magnetoresistive element which takes one of the high-resistance state and the low-resistance state in accordance with a magnetization state thereof, is fixed to the low-resistance state when a direction of the read current is the same as the first direction, and is fixed to the high-resistance state when the direction of the read current is the same as the second direction; and a control circuit which is connected to the first magnetoresistive element and the second magnetoresistive element, and makes a read voltage applied to the first magnetoresistive element equal to a read voltage applied to the second magnetoresistive element.