Patent ID: 8427866

Claim:
A magnetic storage element, comprising: a recording layer changeable in magnetization direction by an external magnetic field, the recording layer having an easy axis along a direction in which magnetization is easy, and a hard axis along a direction which crosses the easy axis and in which magnetization is hard; a first conductive layer for forming a magnetic field along a direction of extension of the hard axis in plan view; and a second conductive layer for forming a magnetic field along a direction of extension of the easy axis in plan view, wherein the recording layer is disposed in such a manner as to overlap at least one of the first or second conductive layer at the entire region thereof in plan view, wherein first endpoints which are a pair of endpoints of a first line segment along the easy axis, and maximum in dimension overlapping the recording layer in plan view do not overlap the second conductive layer in plan view, and wherein at least one of second endpoints which are a pair of endpoints of a second line segment passing through the middle point of the first line segment, orthogonal to the first line segment in plan view, and overlapping the recording layer in plan view does not overlap the first conductive layer in plan view.