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Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetoresistance effect type head and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

US6010781A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1998
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/265
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetoresistance effect element exhibiting superb magnetic characteristics and anticorrosion characteristic is disclosed. The magnetoresistance effect element includes an antiferromagnetic layer composed of a material made of Ir, Rh and Mn in which an Ir content percentage is 2-6% by atom and a Mn content percentage is 71-78% by atom, or a material in which the Ir content percentage is 2-12% by atom and the Mn content percentage is 78-84% by atom.

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