Patent ID: 7599215

Claim:
A magnetoresistive random access memory device, comprising: a first write line extending along a first direction on a first plane; a second write line extending along a second direction on a second plane that is parallel to the first plane, wherein the second direction is non-orthogonal to the first direction; a magnetoresistive memory element having a switchable magnetic state and disposed between the first and second write lines in an intersecting region located where the first and second write lines would intersect if located on the same plane; and wherein the first write line is configured to provide a first magnetic field (H-Field) to the memory element when carrying a first write current, and the second write line is configured to provide a second H-Field to the memory element when carrying a second write current, the first and second H-Fields together sufficient to switch a magnetic state of the element when applied to the element in a predetermined arrangement, and the first and second H-fields each comprising an orientation of less than 45° with respect to a magnetic anisotropic easy axis of the memory element.