公开(公告)号：US07248448B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US10937652

申请日：2004-09-10

申请人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Shin-ichi Nakamura ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Hiromi Fuke ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Susumu Hashimoto ,  Masashi Sahashi

发明人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Shin-ichi Nakamura ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Hiromi Fuke ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Susumu Hashimoto ,  Masashi Sahashi

IPC分类号： G11B5/39

CPC分类号： H01F10/30 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y25/00 ,  G01R33/093 ,  G11B5/3906 ,  G11B5/3932 ,  G11B5/66 ,  G11B2005/3996 ,  H01F10/3272 ,  H01F10/3295 ,  H01F41/325 ,  Y10S428/90 ,  Y10T428/1107 ,  Y10T428/1121 ,  Y10T428/1143 ,  Y10T428/115 ,  Y10T428/1171 ,  Y10T428/1193 ,  Y10T428/12326 ,  Y10T428/12465 ,  Y10T428/12986 ,  Y10T428/265

摘要： Disclosed are a high-sensitivity and high-reliability magnetoresistance effect device (MR device) in which bias point designing is easy, and also a magnetic head, a magnetic head assembly and a magnetic recording/reproducing system incorporating the MR device. In the MR device incorporating a spin valve film, the magnetization direction of the free layer is at a certain angle to the magnetization direction of a second ferromagnetic layer therein when the applied magnetic field is zero. In this, the pinned magnetic layer comprises a pair of ferromagnetic films as antiferromagnetically coupled to each other via a coupling film existing therebetween. The device is provided with a means of keeping the magnetization direction of either one of the pair of ferromagnetic films constituting the pinned magnetic layer, and with a nonmagnetic high-conductivity layer as disposed adjacent to a first ferromagnetic layer on the side opposite to the side on which the first ferromagnetic layer is contacted with a nonmagnetic spacer layer. With that constitution, the device has extremely high sensitivity, and the bias point in the device is well controlled.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种容易进行偏置设计的高灵敏度和高可靠性磁阻效应器件（MR器件），以及包含MR器件的磁头，磁头组件和磁记录/再现系统。 在包含自旋阀膜的MR装置中，当施加的磁场为零时，自由层的磁化方向与其中第二铁磁性层的磁化方向成一定角度。 在此，被钉扎的磁性层包括通过其间存在的耦合膜彼此反铁磁耦合的一对铁磁膜。 该装置设置有保持构成被钉扎磁性层的一对铁磁膜中的任一个的磁化方向以及与侧面相反侧的第一铁磁性层附近设置的非磁性高导电性层 第一铁磁层与非磁性间隔层接触。 利用该结构，该器件具有极高的灵敏度，并且器件中的偏置点被良好地控制。

公开(公告)号：US07218484B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-15

申请号：US10659299

申请日：2003-09-11

申请人： Susumu Hashimoto ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Masashi Sahashi ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

发明人： Susumu Hashimoto ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Masashi Sahashi ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

IPC分类号： G11B5/39

CPC分类号： H01L43/08 ,  G11B5/3906 ,  H01L43/12 ,  Y10T428/1121

摘要： A magnetoresistance effect element comprises: a magnetoresistance effect film, a pair of electrodes, and a phase separation layer. The magnetoresistance effect film includes a first ferromagnetic layer whose direction of magnetization is pinned substantially in one direction, a second ferromagnetic layer whose direction of magnetization changes in response to an external magnetic field, and an intermediate layer provided between the first and second ferromagnetic layers. The pair of electrodes are electrically coupled to the magnetoresistance effect film and configured to supply a sense current perpendicularly to a film plane of the magnetoresistance effect film. The phase separation layer is provided between the pair of electrodes. The phase separation layer has a first phase and a second phase formed by a phase separation in a solid phase from an alloy including a plurality of elements. One of the first and second phases includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine and carbon in higher concentration than other of the first and second phases.

摘要翻译： 磁阻效应元件包括：磁阻效应膜，一对电极和相分离层。 磁阻效应膜包括其磁化方向基本上被固定在一个方向上的第一铁磁层，其磁化方向响应于外部磁场而变化的第二铁磁性层和设置在第一和第二铁磁层之间的中间层。 一对电极电耦合到磁阻效应膜并且被配置为提供垂直于磁阻效应膜的膜平面的感测电流。 相分离层设置在该对电极之间。 相分离层具有通过从包含多个元素的合金固相中相分离而形成的第一相和第二相。 第一和第二相中的一个包括选自氧，氮，氟和碳中的至少一种元素，其浓度高于第一相和第二相中的其它相。

公开(公告)号：US07071522B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：US10887080

申请日：2004-07-09

申请人： Hiromi Yuasa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Tomohiko Nagata ,  Takeo Sakakubo ,  Masashi Sahashi

发明人： Hiromi Yuasa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Tomohiko Nagata ,  Takeo Sakakubo ,  Masashi Sahashi

IPC分类号： H01L29/82 ,  H01L43/00

CPC分类号： B82Y25/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  G01R33/093 ,  G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/3903 ,  G11B2005/3996 ,  H01F10/30 ,  H01F10/3227 ,  H01F10/3272 ,  H01F10/3295 ,  H01L43/08 ,  H01L43/10

摘要： In a spin valve type element, an interface insertion layer (32, 34) of a material exhibiting large spin-dependent interface scattering is inserted in a location of a magnetically pinned layer (16) or a magnetically free layer (20) closer to a nonmagnetic intermediate layer (18). A nonmagnetic back layer (36) may be additionally inserted as an interface not in contact with the nonmagnetic intermediate layer to increase the output by making use of spin-dependent interface scattering along the interface between the pinned layer and the nonmagnetic back layer or between the free layer and the nonmagnetic back layer.

公开(公告)号：US20060098353A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-11

申请号：US11269878

申请日：2005-11-09

申请人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Hiromi Yuasa ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

发明人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Hiromi Yuasa ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

IPC分类号： G11B5/127 ,  G11B5/33

CPC分类号： H01L43/08 ,  B82Y25/00 ,  G01R33/093 ,  G11B5/3903 ,  G11B5/3929 ,  H01F10/3259 ,  H01L27/224 ,  H01L27/228

摘要： A magnetoresistive element has a magnetization pinned layer a magnetization direction of which is substantially pinned in one direction, a magnetization free layer a magnetization direction of which varies depending on an external field, and a spacer layer including an insulating layer provided between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer and current paths penetrating the insulating layer, the magnetization pinned layer or magnetization free layer located under the spacer layer comprising crystal grains separated by grain boundaries extending across a thickness thereof, in which, supposing that an in-plane position of one end of each of the crystal grains is set to 0 and an in-plane position of a grain boundary adjacent to the other end of the crystal grain is set to 100, the current path corresponding the crystal grain is formed on a region in a range between 20 and 80 of the in-plane position.

公开(公告)号：US07008702B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-07

申请号：US09973235

申请日：2001-10-10

申请人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Shin-ichi Nakamura ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Hiromi Fuke ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Susumu Hashimoto ,  Masashi Sahashi

发明人： Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Yuzo Kamiguchi ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Shin-ichi Nakamura ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Hiromi Fuke ,  Masatoshi Yoshikawa ,  Susumu Hashimoto ,  Masashi Sahashi

IPC分类号： G11B5/127

CPC分类号： H01F10/30 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y25/00 ,  G01R33/093 ,  G11B5/3906 ,  G11B5/3932 ,  G11B5/66 ,  G11B2005/3996 ,  H01F10/3272 ,  H01F10/3295 ,  H01F41/325 ,  Y10S428/90 ,  Y10T428/1107 ,  Y10T428/1121 ,  Y10T428/1143 ,  Y10T428/115 ,  Y10T428/1171 ,  Y10T428/1193 ,  Y10T428/12326 ,  Y10T428/12465 ,  Y10T428/12986 ,  Y10T428/265

摘要： A magnetoresistance effect element includes a nonmagnetic spacer layer, first and second ferromagnetic layer separated by the nonmagnetic spacer layer, and a nonmagnetic conductivity layer. The first ferromagnetic layer has a magnetization direction at an angle relative to a magnetization direction of the second ferromagnetic layer at zero applied magnetic field. The second ferromagnetic layer has first and second ferromagnetic films antiferromagnetically coupled to one another and an antiferromagnetically coupling film located between and in contact with the first and second ferromagnetic films. The magnetization of the first ferromagnetic layer freely rotates in a magnetic field signal. The nonmagnetic conductivity layer is disposed in contact with the first ferromagnetic layer so that the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed between the nonmagnetic high-conductivity layer and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The first ferromagnetic layer has a film thickness between 0.5 nanometers and 4.5 nanometers.

摘要翻译： 磁阻效应元件包括非磁性间隔层，由非磁性间隔层隔开的第一和第二铁磁层和非磁性导电层。 第一铁磁层在零施加磁场下具有相对于第二铁磁层的磁化方向成一定角度的磁化方向。 第二铁磁层具有彼此反铁磁耦合的第一和第二铁磁膜和位于第一和第二铁磁膜之间并与其接触的反铁磁耦合膜。 第一铁磁层的磁化在磁场信号中自由旋转。 非磁性导电层设置成与第一铁磁层接触，使得第一铁磁层设置在非磁性高导电层和非磁性间隔层之间。 第一铁磁层的膜厚度在0.5纳米到4.5纳米之间。

公开(公告)号：US06313973B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-06

申请号：US09343270

申请日：1999-06-30

申请人： Hiromi Fuke ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Akiko Saito ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

发明人： Hiromi Fuke ,  Kazuhiro Saito ,  Katsuhiko Koui ,  Hideaki Fukuzawa ,  Akiko Saito ,  Hitoshi Iwasaki

IPC分类号： G11B530

CPC分类号： B82Y25/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  G11B5/012 ,  G11B5/3903 ,  G11B5/3967 ,  G11B2005/3996 ,  H01F10/3263 ,  H01F10/3268 ,  H01F10/3272

摘要： A magnetoresistive element comprises an exchange coupling film having a under layer, an antiferromagnetic film and a ferromagnetic film, which are laminated in that order, the under layer including a metal having a face centered cubic crystal structure or hexagonal closest packing crystal structure which have a longer nearest neighbor atomic distance than that of the antiferromagnetic film. With this construction, it is possible to improve the exchange coupling field and to satisfy a stable output over a long period of time. A magnetoresistive element having a dual spin valve structure has a magnetization adjusting layer, which is antiferromagnetically connected to a pinned layer via an anti-parallel connection layer, to adjust the value of the product of the saturation magnetization of each of the magnetization adjusting layer and the pinned layer by the thickness thereof. Moreover, a magnetoresistance head use a giant magnetoresistance effect, and has at least one pair of pinned layer and free layer arranged via a non-magnetic spacer layer. The pinned layer has a pair of ferromagnetic layers which have different compositions and different coercive forces and which are antiferromagnetically connected to each other via a connection layer, so that the effective exchange coupling field of the pinned layer is 200 Oe or more.

摘要翻译： 磁阻元件包括具有下层，反铁磁膜和铁磁膜的交换耦合膜，其按顺序层压，下层包括具有面心立方晶体结构的金属或具有六面体最密堆积晶体结构的金属，其具有 比反铁磁膜的最近邻原子距离更长。 利用这种结构，可以改善交换耦合场并且能够长时间地满足稳定的输出。 具有双自旋阀结构的磁阻元件具有磁化调节层，其通过反并联连接层反铁磁连接到被钉扎层，以调节每个磁化调节层的饱和磁化强度和 被钉扎层的厚度。 此外，磁阻头使用巨磁电阻效应，并且具有通过非磁性间隔层布置的至少一对被钉扎层和自由层。 钉扎层具有一对铁磁层，其具有不同的组成和不同的矫顽力，并且经由连接层彼此反铁磁连接，使得钉扎层的有效交换耦合场为200Oe以上。