Abstract:
A magnetoresistive (MR) head with an unusually desirable spatial resolution includes a shield on each side of the MR element. Information is carried on a magnetizable medium as recorded magnetic areas. The shields are spaced apart by a distance on the order of and less than the shortest recorded wavelength for which the head is meant to be used. The MR element and the shields have their edges nearest the medium in a common plane perpendicular to the vertical component of a signal from the recorded area. An additional shunt bias layer may be provided immediately adjacent and coextensive the MR element, and the head may serve one or many tracks.
Abstract:
A LAMINATED STRUCTURE, INCLUDING LAMINA OF METALLIC MAGNETICALLY PERMEABLE MATERIAL, CONSTRUCTED WITH EACH LAMINA SEPARATED FROM EACH NEXT ADJOINING LAMINA BY A THIN LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT EACH LAMINA IS JOINED AND INTERCONNECTED IN A RANDOM PATTERN THROUGH THE NON-CONDUCTIVE LAYER TO EACH ADJACENT LAMINA. THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF LAMINAE COVER ABOUT 10%, OR LESS, OF EACH LAMINA''S SURFACE AREA. LAMINATED STRUCTURES OF THIS TYPE ARE PRODUCED BY PROVIDING A THIN, ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE COATING UPON THE SURFACE OF METALLIC LAMINA, STACKING A PLURALITY OF COATED LAMINAE, INLCUDING MAGNETICALLY PERMEABLE LAMINA, IN REGISTERED CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP, AND THEN HEATING THE STACKED LAMINAE AT A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ANNEAL THE MAGNETICALLY PERMEABLE MATERIAL AND CAUSE EACH LAMINA TO BE DIFFSION BONDED THROUGH THE NON-CONDUCTIVE LAYER TO EACH ADJACENT LAMINA IN A RANDOM PATTERN COVERING ABOUT 10%, OR LESS, OF EACH LAMINA''S SURFACE AREA.