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Anisotropy configuration for longitudinally constrained magnetoresistive transducers

US5155642A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1991
Grant dateOct 13, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/3903
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetoresistive (MR) read transducer comprising an MR layer having longitudinally magnetized end regions separated by a central active region and a soft magnetic biasing layer parallel to but spaced from the MR layer. The easy axes of the MR layer and the soft magnetic biasing layer are tilted at a small angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the transducer and these angles are substantially equal, but in the opposite sense.

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