- 专利标题: Magnetic transducer, thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing magnetic transducer and method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head
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申请号: US09904842申请日: 2001-07-16
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公开(公告)号: US06646834B2公开(公告)日: 2003-11-11
- 发明人: Masashi Sano , Satoru Araki , Yoshihiro Tsuchiya , Takumi Uesugi
- 申请人: Masashi Sano , Satoru Araki , Yoshihiro Tsuchiya , Takumi Uesugi
- 优先权: JP2000-218322 20000719
- 主分类号: G11B539
- IPC分类号: G11B539
摘要:
Provided are a magnetic transducer and a thin film magnetic head having good thermal stability and capable of obtaining a high exchange coupling magnetic field, a method of manufacturing a magnetic transducer and a method of a manufacturing a thin film magnetic head. An MR element has a stack having a stacked structure comprising an underlayer, a crystal-growth inhibitor layer, a first soft magnetic layer, a second soft magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, a ferromagnetic layer, an antiferromagnetic layer and a cap layer, which are stacked in sequence. The ferromagnetic layer has an inner ferromagnetic layer, a coupling layer and an outer ferromagnetic layer, which are stacked in this order on the nonmagnetic layer. The crystal-growth inhibitor layer inhibits crystal growth of the layers formed on the crystal-growth inhibitor layer, thereby limiting an average in-surface particle diameter of the inner ferromagnetic layer to within the range of from 3 nm to 8 nm inclusive, so that an interface between the coupling layer and the inner ferromagnetic layer becomes flattened.