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Spin valve magnetic head with three underlayers

US6833981B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2002
Grant dateDec 21, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB82Y10/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spin valve magnetic head, providing on a substrate, a laminated structure that has an antiferromagnetic layer, fixation layer, non-magnetic layer and unconstraint layer, and having a first underlayer of Ta, a second underlayer of NiFeCr and a third underlayer of NiFe, which underlayers are interposed between the substrate and the laminated structure.

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