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Magnetoresistive device

US6090480A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1998
Grant dateJul 18, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An under layer 101, a first free magnetic layer 102, a non-magnetic layer 104, a fixed magnetic layer 106 and an anti-ferromagnetic layer 107 are formed in the mentioned order on a substrate 100. The under layer 11 is a laminate layer 101 is a laminate layer constituted by two or more metal layers of different materials. The metal layers are formed by using a member or an alloy of two or more members of the metal group consisting of Ta, Hr, Zr, W, Cr, Ti, Mo, Pt, Ni, Ir, Cu, Ag, Co, Zn, Ru, Rh, Re, Au, Os, Pd, Nb and V.

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