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Magnetoresistance effect element

US5315282A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 1992
Grant dateMay 24, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2005/3996
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetoresistance effect element including a substrate and at least two magnetic thin layers which are laminated with interposing a non-magnetic thin layer therebetween on said substrate, wherein adjacent magnetic thin layers through the non-magnetic thin layer have different coercive forces and each of the magnetic thin layers and the non-magnetic layer has a thickness of not larger than 200 .ANG., which has a large magnetoresistance ratio of several % to several ten % at a small external magnetic field of several Oe to several ten Oe and can provide a MR sensor having a high sensitivity and a MR head which achieves high density magnetic recording.

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