Patent ID: 7869265

Claim:
A magnetic random access memory comprising: a first interconnection extending to a first direction; a second interconnection extending to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a magnetoresistive effect element formed between the first interconnection and the second interconnection at an intersection of the first interconnection and the second interconnection, having one terminal connected to the first interconnection, comprising a fixed layer, a recording layer, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the fixed layer and the recording layer, a film thickness of the fixed layer being larger than that of the recording layer, and a width of the fixed layer being larger than that of the recording layer, and configured to reverse a magnetization direction in the recording layer by supplying a first electric current between the fixed layer and the recording layer; and a diode having one terminal connected to the other terminal of the magnetoresistive effect element, and the other terminal connected to the second interconnection, and configured to supply the first electric current in only one direction.