摘要:
The present invention provides a spin-valve magnetoresistive sensor comprising at least two ferromagnetic layers including a first and a second ferromagnetic layers. A first antiferromagnetic layer is layered adjacent to the first ferromagnetic layer for increasing the coercive force of the first ferromagnetic layer to pin the magnetization direction of the first ferromagnetic layer. A pair of second antiferromagnetic layers are respectively positioned adjacent to the longitudinal ends of the second ferromagnetic layer. Further, a pair of third ferromagnetic layers are respectively layered adjacent to said pair of second antiferromagnetic layers for inducing magnetic anisotropy to pin the magnetization direction of each third ferromagnetic layer in a direction perpendicular to the pinned magnetization direction of the first ferromagnetic layer, thereby imposing a longitudinal bias on the second ferromagnetic layer to stabilize magnetic domains therein in order to suppress Barkhausen noise. The magnetization direction of the second ferromagnetic layer remains free to rotate in accordance with the direction of an external magnetic field, thereby changing the electrical resistance of the sensor.
摘要:
An apparatus for producing a metallic ribbon includes a cooling roll, a melt nozzle, and an air-cutoff unit provided to cover at least a portion of the periphery of the cooling roll and at least the melt blowout end of the melt nozzle, for preventing an inflow of air due to rotation of the cooing roll. The air-cutoff unit has a roll top air-cutoff plate provided above the cooling roll to extent from the front side to the rear side in the rotation direction of the cooling roll in such a manner that it approaches the cooling surface in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the cooling roll. The melt blowout end of the melt nozzle is arranged to pass through a nozzle mounting hole provided in the roll top air-cutoff plate and face the cooling surface of the cooling roll.
摘要:
A magnetoresistance device comprising at least two ferromagnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic layer, the coercive force of one of the ferromagnetic layers being enhanced by a coercive force enhancement layer of an antiferromagnetic material disposed adjacent to the one of the ferromagnetic layer thereby pinning magnetization inversion in the one of the ferromagnetic layer, the other ferromagnetic layer serving as a free ferromagnetic layer in which magnetization inversion is allowed, wherein the spin orientation in the coercive force enhancement layer is aligned in a multilayer fashion into a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the coercive force enhancement layer. A method of producing such a device is also disclosed.
摘要:
A magnetoresistance device comprising at least two ferromagnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic layer, the coercive force of one of the ferromagnetic layers being enhanced by a coercive force enhancement layer of an antiferromagnetic material disposed adjacent to the one of the ferromagnetic layer thereby pinning magnetization inversion in the one of the ferromagnetic layer, the other ferromagnetic layer serving as a free ferromagnetic layer in which magnetization inversion is allowed, wherein the spin orientation in the coercive force enhancement layer is aligned in a multilayer fashion into a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the coercive force enhancement layer. A method of producing such a device is also disclosed.
摘要:
A soft magnetic film includes Fe as a major constituent; at least one element M selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hr, V, Nb, Ta, W, Mo, and rare earth elements (excluding Sm); at least one element L selected from the group consisting of Ti, Sn, Sm, and Si: and at least one element R selected from the group consisting of O, C, and N. The film has a structure including a mixture of an amorphous phase containing a large amount of the oxide of the element M and a fine crystalline phase containing a large amount of Fe, and the fine crystalline phase further contains the element L. Thin film magnetic heads, planar magnetic elements, and filters using the soft magnetic film are also disclosed.
摘要:
A thin film magnetic head includes an upper core layer and a lower core layer which are made of an Fe--M--O alloy, an Fe--M--T--O alloy or an NI--Fe--X alloy so that the upper core layer has a high saturation magnetic flux density, low coercive force and high resistivity, and the lower core layer has a lower saturation magnetic flux density than the upper core layer, low coercive force, high resistivity, and a low magnetostriction constant. Also the lower core layer is formed so that the thickness gradually decreases toward both side ends, and a gap layer can be formed on the lower core layer to have a uniform thickness. Since the lower core layer is formed by sputtering, a material having excellent soft magnetic material can be used, thereby enabling recording at high frequency.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of producing a magnetoresistive element in which a laminate including a free ferromagnetic layer in which at least magnetization is freely rotated according to an external magnetic field, a non-magnetic layer, and a pinned ferromagnetic layer in which reversal of magnetization is pinned is formed, and is heat-treated for setting different directions of the easy axis of magnetization of the free ferromagnetic layer and the pinned ferromagnetic layer under different conditions. In the heat treatment, first annealing is performed at the predetermined temperature in a magnetic field applied in a first direction, and second annealing is performed in a magnetic field applied in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so that the easy axis of magnetization of the free ferromagnetic layer is substantially perpendicular to that of the pinned ferromagnetic layer.
摘要:
The present invention provides an inductor having a small core loss at a high frequency. The inductor includes a transformer that has a core formed of a base core and a cover core, and a conductive plate sandwiched between the base core and the cover core, as well as a conductive plate sandwiched between the base core and the cover core. The base core is composed of a Mn--Zn ferrite with a mean grain size of 5 .mu.m or less. The transformer has a small core loss at a high frequency band without a decrease in power transmission efficiency.
摘要:
A metal ribbon manufacturing apparatus which comprises a cooling roll having a cooling surface for cooling a melt, a melt nozzle confronting the cooling surface with a prescribed gap maintained between it and the cooling roll, gas flow supply means for supplying an inert gas to the periphery of the melt nozzle, roll outside periphery atmosphere shutoff means for covering at least a portion of the outside periphery of the cooling roll and preventing the atmosphere from being rolled in by the rotation of the cooling roll, and an atmosphere staying portion disposed on the front side in the rotating direction of the cooling roll of the roll outside periphery atmosphere shutoff means.