Patent ID: 8456899

Claim:
A method for operating a memory array device, the memory array device comprising: a first memory cell comprising: a first magnetic tunnel junction device having a first terminal connected to a first bit line (BLT.sub.E) and a second terminal; and a first field effect transistor (FET) having a source terminal connected to a second bit line (BLC), a gate terminal connected to a word line (WL), and a drain terminal connected to the second terminal of the first magnetic tunnel junction device; and a second memory cell comprising: a second magnetic tunnel junction device having a first terminal connected to a third bit line (BLT.sub.0) and a second terminal; and a second field effect transistor (FET) having a source terminal connected to the second bit line (BLC), a gate terminal connected to the word line (WL), and a drain terminal connected to the second terminal of the second magnetic tunnel junction device, the method including initiating a write “0” state in the device, wherein the initiating the write “0” state includes: inducing a first voltage in a word line of the device; and inducing a second voltage in a first bit line (BLT.sub.E) of the device.