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Read-write head

US6275360A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1998
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/3912
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A read-write head is capable of suppressing fluctuation on a reproduced waveform caused by repetition of a writing and reading operation, and is capable suppressing noise appearing in the reproduced waveform just after a writing operation is carried out. The read-write head has an upper magnetic core, an upper shield also serving as an lower magnetic core, a lower shield and a magnetoresistive film arranged between the upper shield and the lower shield. The upper shield has a soft magnetic film having a magnitude of anisotropy field of 5 to 30 Oe, or is a multilayer film composed of a high saturation magnetic flux density film and a negative magneto-striction film. The lower shield has a soft magnetic film having a magnitude of anisotropy field of 5 to 30 Oe.

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