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Thin film magnetic head structure having tapered side edges

US5483403A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1995
Grant dateJan 9, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/3113
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin film magnetic structure for use as a flux guide in a magnetic recording system has tapered edges transverse to the magnetization axis of the film. The tapered edges eliminate magnetic edge domains and thereby assure a single magnetic domain in the film structure. Thus, Barkhausen noise is essentially eliminated from the signal read by the film structure from the magnetic recording medium.

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