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Magneto resistive element

US6563682B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2000
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/82
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A second magnetic metal layer which is a magnetization free layer is successively covered with a non-magnetic metal layer and an anti-ferromagnetic layer. This enables to make the magnetization free layer a single magnetic domain and prevent generation of a domain wall. This prevents hysteresis and suppresses the Barkhausen noise.

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