摘要:
A method is disclosed for fabricating a read head for a magnetic disk drive having a read head sensor and a hard bias layer, where the read head has a shaped junction between the read head sensor and the hard bias layer. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be shaped. A single- or multi-layered photoresist mask having no undercut is deposited upon the layered wafer stack to be shaped. The layered wafer stack is shaped by the output of a milling source, where the shaping includes partial milling to within a partial milling range to form a shaped junction. A hard bias layer is then deposited which is in contact with the shaped junction of the wafer stack. A read head and a magnetic hard disk drive having a read head layer stack which has been partially milled are also disclosed.
摘要:
The present invention presents a method for fabricating coil elements for magnetic write heads. A coil pattern is formed on a substrate using photolithographic techniques. The substrate is etched using reactive ion etching, creating a coil-shaped trench in the substrate. Thin film seed layers are deposited using ion beam deposition. The substrate is electroplated with metal filling the trenches with metal. The substrate is chemical mechanical polished to remove excess metal and planarize the air bearing surface of the write head.
摘要:
A magnetic head assembly has a read that includes a sensor wherein the sensor includes a self-pinned antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure, a ferromagnetic free layer structure that has a magnetic moment that is free to rotate in response to signal fields and a spacer layer which is located between the free layer and AP pinned layer structures. The self-pinned AP pinned layer structure includes first and second antiparallel (AP) pinned layers, an antiparallel coupling (APC) layer located between and interfacing the first and second AP pinned layers wherein the second AP pinned layer is located between the first AP pinned layer and the spacer layer. The first AP pinned layer is composed of cobalt platinum chromium (CoPtCr).
摘要:
A method for forming a magnetic head having an improved PtMn layer, including forming a PtMn layer by ion beam deposition, forming an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure above the PtMn layer, and forming a free layer above the AP pinned layer structure. The method provides a spin valve structure having improved soft magnetic properties of the free layer as well as increases the dR/R of spin valve structures in which implemented.
摘要:
A method for improving hard bias properties of layers of a magnetoresistance sensor is disclosed. Properties of the hard bias layer are improved using a seedlayer structure that includes at least a first layer of silicon and a second layer comprising chromium or chromium molybdenum. Further, benefits are achieved when the seedlayer structure includes a layer of tantalum.
摘要:
A magnetic head includes a seed layer structure comprising Al2O3, Ta, and NiFeCr seed layers. An antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure is formed above the NiFeCr seed layer. A free layer is positioned above the AP pinned layer structure.
摘要翻译:磁头包括包含Al 2 O 3,Ta和NiFeCr种子层的种子层结构。 在NiFeCr种子层上方形成反平行(AP)钉扎层结构。 自由层位于AP钉扎层结构的上方。
摘要:
A spin valve sensor includes an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure which is self-pinned without the assistance of an antiferromagnetic (AFM) pinning layer. A free layer of the spin valve sensor has first and second wing portions which extend laterally beyond a track width of the spin valve sensor and are exchange coupled to first and second AFM pinning layers. Magnetic moments of the wing portions of the free layer are pinned parallel to the ABS and parallel to major planes of the layers of the sensor for magnetically stabilizing the central portion of the free layer which is located within the track width.
摘要:
A method makes a spin valve sensor of a magnetic read head which includes the steps of forming a ferromagnetic pinned layer structure that has a magnetic moment, forming a pinning layer exchange coupled to the pinned layer structure for pinning the magnetic moment of the pinned layer structure, forming a free layer structure, forming a nonmagnetic electrically conductive spacer layer between the free layer and the pinned layer structure and the forming of the free layer structure including the step of sputter depositing at least a first free layer composed of cobalt iron directly on the spacer layer in a nitrogen atmosphere.
摘要:
A method of making a nickel iron (NiFe) layer and a cobalt or cobalt based layer of a free layer structure forms the cobalt or cobalt based layer by oblique ion beam sputter deposition with the cobalt or cobalt based layer located between the nickel iron (NiFe) layer and a copper (Cu) spacer layer of a spin valve sensor for reducing hard axis coercivity HCH which increases sensitivity and magnetic stability of a magnetic read head. An alpha iron oxide (&agr;FeO) layer on a nickel oxide (NiO) layer of a pinning layer may also be obliquely ion beam sputtered for improving magnetic stability of the read head.
摘要:
A pinning layer structure is provided for a spin valve sensor of a read head which has a reactively deposited nickel oxide first film which underlies a reactively sputter deposited second film of iron oxide (Fe2O3) or (Fe3O4). In the preferred embodiment the pinning layer is composed of cobalt (Co) or cobalt iron (CoFe) which is exchange coupled to the iron oxide (Fe2O3) or (Fe3O4) second film of the pinning layer. This structure results in an improved magnetoresistive coefficient (dr/R) which is substantially maintained after annealing so that the magnetic head has good thermal stability when subjected to high temperatures in the presence of a field that is antiparallel to the pinned orientation of the magnetic moment of the pinned layer.
摘要翻译:提供了一种用于读头的自旋阀传感器的钉扎层结构,该读头的反应沉积的氧化镍第一膜位于反应溅射沉积的氧化铁(Fe 2 O 3)或(Fe 3 O 4)的第二膜的下面。 在优选实施例中,钉扎层由钴(Co)或钴铁(CoFe)组成,其与钉扎层的氧化铁(Fe 2 O 3)或(Fe 3 O 4)第二膜交换耦合。 这种结构导致改进的磁阻系数(dr / R),其在退火之后基本保持,使得当在存在与磁矩的固定方向反平行的场的高温下经受高温时磁头具有良好的热稳定性 被钉扎层。