Patent ID: 8587042

Claim:
A magnetoresistive random access memory device, comprising: a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells comprising: a magnetoresistive effect element above an active area extending in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate, the magnetoresistive effect element configured to store data from a change in a resistance value; a pair of cell transistors on the active area on both sides of the magnetoresistive effect element, a gate electrode of each of the cell transistors being in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a pair of bit line contacts on the active area on a side of each of the gate electrodes opposite to the magnetoresistive effect element; a first bit line in the first direction connected to the magnetoresistive effect element; and a second bit line in the first direction connected to the bit line contacts, wherein each of the bit line contacts is shared by each of the adjacent memory cells and a width of the active area in the second direction is substantially the same as the width of the bit line contacts.