公开(公告)号：US20090034134A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-05

申请号：US12236331

申请日：2008-09-23

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

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

IPC分类号： G11B5/33

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： A magnetoresistance effect element includes a magnetoresistance effect film including a magnetically pinned layer having a magnetic material film whose direction of magnetization is pinned substantially in one direction, a magnetically free layer having a magnetic material film whose direction of magnetization changes in response to an external magnetic field, and a nonmagnetic metal intermediate layer located between said pinned layer and said free layer. The element also includes a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the magnetoresistance effect film to supply a sense current perpendicularly to a film plane of the magnetoresistance effect film. At least one of the pinned layer and the free layer may include a thin-film insertion layer. The nonmagnetic metal intermediate layer includes a resistance adjusting layer including at least one of oxides, nitrides and fluorides, and the thin-film insertion layer includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni).

摘要翻译： 磁阻效应元件包括磁阻效应膜，该磁阻效应膜包括具有磁性材料膜的磁性被钉扎层，该磁性材料膜的磁化方向基本上被固定在一个方向上;磁性层，具有响应于外部磁性的磁化方向变化的磁性材料膜 以及位于所述被钉扎层和所述自由层之间的非磁性金属中间层。 该元件还包括电连接到磁阻效应膜的一对电极，以提供垂直于磁阻效应膜的膜平面的感测电流。 被钉扎层和自由层中的至少一个可以包括薄膜插入层。 非磁性金属中间层包括电阻调节层，其包含氧化物，氮化物和氟化物中的至少一种，薄膜插入层包括选自铁（Fe），钴（Co）和镍中的至少一种元素 （Ni）。