Patent ID: 7403415

Claim:
A magnetic memory device comprising: first and second write wires that intersect each other in a non-contact manner; and a magnetic tunnel junction element which is arranged in an intersection of said first and second write wires and includes a magnetic tunnel junction, wherein said magnetic tunnel junction element has a free layer consisting of a ferromagnetic material in which a magnetization direction is variable with a magnetic field generated by current flowing through said first and second write wires, and in the case where a distance between a center of said first write wire in a thickness direction and a center of said free layer in the thickness direction is represented as L1, a distance between a center of said second write wire in the thickness direction and a center of said free layer in the thickness direction is represented as L2, a cross-sectional area of said first write wire in a width direction is represented as S2 and a cross-sectional area of said second write wire in a width direction is referred to as S1, said distance L1, said distance L2, said cross-sectional area S1, and said cross-sectional area S2 are set in such a manner that: when a ratio of said distance L1 to said distance L2 is L1/L2 ≧1 a relation of(⅓)·(L1/L2)≦S2/S1≦1 is satisfied; when the ratio of said distance L1 to said distance L2 is L1 /L2≦1, a relation of 1≦S2/S1≦ 3 (L1/L2) is satisfied; when a relation between said distance L1 and said distance L2 is L1 >L2, said second write wire is made of a metal material having higher melting point than a melting point of a metal material for said first write wire, and as a combination of metal materials for said first write wire and said second write wire, one combination is selected from among aluminum series and copper series, aluminum series and tungsten series, aluminum series and titanium series, copper series and tungsten series and copper series and titanium series; and when the relation between said distance L1 and said distance L2 is L1 <L2, said first write wire is made of a metal material having higher melting point than a melting point of a material for said second write wire, and as a combination of metal materials for said first write wire and said second write wire, one combination is selected from among copper series and aluminum series, tungsten series and aluminum series, titanium series and aluminum series, tungsten series and copper series, and titanium series and copper series.