摘要:
In one illustrative example, a method of making a read sensor of a magnetic head involves forming a barrier structure which surrounds a central mask formed over a plurality of read sensor layers; etching the read sensor layers to form the read sensor below the mask; and depositing, with use of the mask and the barrier structure, hard bias and lead layers to form around the read sensor. The barrier structure may be formed by, for example, depositing one or more barrier structure layers over the read sensor layers and performing a photolithography process. The barrier structure physically blocks materials being deposited at relatively low angles (e.g. angles at or below 71 degrees) so as to reduce their formation far underneath the mask (e.g. when using a bridged mask), which could otherwise form an electrical short, and/or to improve the symmetry of the deposited materials around the read sensor.
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. The spin valve sensor has a central portion that extends between the first and second AFM layers. First and second lead layers overlay the first and second AFM layers and further overlay first and second portions of the central portion so that a distance between the first and second lead layers defines a track width that is less than a distance between the first and second AFM layers. The spin valve sensor has a cap layer structure that has a full thickness portion which is located between first and second reduced thickness portions and the first and second lead layers engage the cap layer structure within the first and second reduced thickness portions.
摘要:
A giant magnetoresistance (GMR) head for magnetic storage systems, the GMR head having a free layer with improved soft magnetic properties while retaining giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effects. The free layer comprises an alloy comprising Cox, Fey, and Cuz, wherein x, y, and z represent the atomic weight percentage of Co, Fe, and Cu, respectively.
摘要:
A spin valve sensor includes a spacer layer which is located between a free layer and an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure wherein the AP pinned layer structure includes an antiparallel coupling layer which is located between and interfaces first and second AP pinned layers with the second AP pinned layer interfacing the spacer layer. Each of the first and second AP pinned layers is composed of cobalt iron (CoFe) wherein the iron (Fe) content in the cobalt iron (CoFe) of one of the first and second AP pinned layers is greater than the iron (Fe) content in the cobalt iron (CoFe) in the other one of the first and second AP pinned layers.
摘要:
A magnetic head with improved hard magnet properties includes a read sensor; a multi-layered seed layer formed adjacent to the read sensor and over a contiguous junction region of the read sensor; and a hard bias layer formed over the multi-layered seed layer. The multi-layered seed layer includes a first seed layer of oxidized tantalum and a second seed layer of chromium. The contiguous junction region exposes one or more sensor materials such as tantalum, nickel-iron, cobalt-iron, copper, platinum-manganese and ruthenium. The hard bias layer is preferably cobalt-platinum-chromium.
摘要:
A CPP geometry spin valve sensor for sensing magnetically recorded information on a data storage medium includes an electrically conductive, multilevel seed layer that interfacially engages a pinning layer of the sensor and increases the sensor's magnetoresistance while maintaining acceptable values of free layer coercivity, pinned-free layer magnetic coupling and free layer magnetostriction.
摘要:
A lead overlay magnetic sensor for use in a disk drive is provided having a protective cap layer disposed between the electrical leads and the sensor. The protective cap layer is preferably formed from ruthenium, rhodium, or other suitable material. The sensors thus formed have low resistance between the electrical leads and the sensor and also have well defined magnetic trackwidths.
摘要:
A dual spin valve giant magnetoresistance (GMR) sensor having two spin valves with the second spin valve being self-biased is disclosed herein. According to the present invention a dual spin valve system is disclosed wherein the first of the two spin valves in the dual spin valve element is pinned through exchange coupling, i.e., a first anti-ferromagnetic pinning layer and a first ferromagnetic pinned layer structure are exchange coupled for pinning the first magnetic moment of the first ferromagnetic pinned layer structure in a first direction. The second of the two spin valves in the dual spin valve system is self-pinned. The self-pinned spin valve does not use any anti-ferromagnetic layers to pin the magnetization of the pinned layers.
摘要:
A spin valve sensor includes a free layer structure which is located between first and second spacer layers and the first and second spacer layers are located between first and second AP pinned layer structures. Each of the AP pinned layer structures has first and second AP pinned layers with the first AP pinned layer of the first AP pinned layer structure interfacing the first spacer layer and the first AP pinned layer of the second AP pinned layer structure interfacing the second spacer layer. The magnetic thickness of each of the first AP pinned layers is either greater or less than the magnetic thickness of either of the second AP pinned layers of the first and second AP pinned layer structures so that a magnetic field oriented perpendicular to an air bearing surface (ABS) of the sensor sets the magnetic moments of the first and second AP pinned layer structures in-phase so that changes in resistances of the sensor upon rotation of a magnetic moment of the free layer structure is additive.
摘要:
A spin valve sensor includes a spacer layer which is located between a free layer and an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure wherein the AP pinned layer structure includes an antiparallel coupling layer which is located between and interfaces first and second AP pinned layers with the second AP pinned layer interfacing the spacer layer. Each of the first and second AP pinned layers is composed of cobalt iron (CoFe) wherein the iron (Fe) content in the cobalt iron (CoFe) of one of the first and second AP pinned layers is greater than the iron (Fe) content in the cobalt iron (CoFe) in the other one of the first and second AP pinned layers.