Magnetic head with an underlying longitudinal multilayer magnetoresistor
US5648884A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/3996
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic layer 16 adopts the shape of an insulating ridge 14 and a multilayer magnetoresistor (MR) functions in a longitudinal mode and underlies the magnetic layer. The device is used for magnetic recording and can be a read-only head or a read-write head.
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