Magnetoresistive read head having an exchange layer
US5966272A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/02
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetoresistive (MR) read transducer having an exchange layer adjacent a soft adjacent layer (SAL). The exchange layer generates a transverse bias field which saturates the SAL with little or no sense current.
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