Patent ID: 7349234

Claim:
A magnetic random access memory array comprising: a staggered first conductor extending along alternating first and second parallel axes in a first direction; a plurality of straight second conductors extending parallel to each other along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a first magnetoresistive stack and a second magnetoresistive stack coupled to the staggered first conductor, wherein the first magnetoresistive stack is aligned on the first parallel axis and the second magnetoresistive stack is aligned on the second parallel axis; a third magnetoresistive stack coupled to the staggered first conductor on the first parallel axis and thereby aligned with the first magnetoresistive stack, the second magnetoresistive stack staggered with respect to the first and third magnetoresistive stacks in the second direction; and wherein at least a portion of at least one of the first, second, or third magnetoresistive stacks is positioned between a corresponding one of the second conductors and an inflected region of the staggered first conductor.