Spin-valve magnetoresistive sensor including a first antiferromagnetic layer for increasing a coercive force and a second antiferromagnetic layer for imposing a longitudinal bias
    2.
    发明授权
    Spin-valve magnetoresistive sensor including a first antiferromagnetic layer for increasing a coercive force and a second antiferromagnetic layer for imposing a longitudinal bias 失效
    旋转阀磁阻传感器包括用于增加矫顽力的第一反铁磁层和用于施加纵向偏压的第二反铁磁层

    公开(公告)号:US06496338B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-17

    申请号:US09891327

    申请日:2001-06-25

    IPC分类号: G11B539

    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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种自旋阀磁阻传感器,其包括至少两个包含第一和第二铁磁层的铁磁层。 第一反铁磁性层与第一铁磁层相邻地层叠,以增加第一铁磁性层的矫顽力来固定第一铁磁性层的磁化方向。 一对第二反铁磁层分别邻近第二铁磁层的纵向端部定位。 此外,一对第三铁磁层分别与所述一对第二反铁磁层相邻地层叠,用于引起磁各向异性以在垂直于第一铁磁层的钉扎磁化方向的方向上引导每个第三铁磁层的磁化方向,由此施加 为了抑制巴克豪森噪声,第二铁磁层上的纵向偏压使其中的磁畴稳定。 第二铁磁层的磁化方向根据外部磁场的方向保持自由旋转,从而改变传感器的电阻。

    Method of producing magnetoresistive element
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of producing magnetoresistive element 失效
    制造磁阻元件的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6074707A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-13

    申请号:US18919

    申请日:1998-02-05

    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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种制造磁阻元件的方法,其中包括自由铁磁层的层压体,其中至少磁化根据外部磁场自由旋转,非磁性层和固定的铁磁层,其中反转 形成磁化,并对不同条件下的自由铁磁层和被固定铁磁层的易磁化轴的不同方向进行热处理。 在热处理中,在施加于第一方向的磁场中,在规定温度下进行第一退火,在与第一方向大致正交的第二方向施加的磁场中进行第二退火,使得易磁化轴 的自由铁磁层基本上垂直于被钉扎的铁磁层。

    Production method for a spin-valve type magnetoresistive element
    6.
    发明授权
    Production method for a spin-valve type magnetoresistive element 失效
    自旋阀型磁阻元件的制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US06591479B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-15

    申请号:US09538336

    申请日:2000-03-29

    IPC分类号: G11B5127

    摘要: A production method for a spin-valve type magnetoresistive element comprising laminating an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned magnetic layer, a non-magnetic electrically conductive layer, a free magnetic layer, and a second antiferromagnetic layer. The second antiferromagnetic layer is located on the free magnetic layer and orients the magnetization direction of the free magnetic layer. In this method, a first thermal treatment is performed at a first temperature of ordering a crystal structure of the first antiferromagnetic layer or at a second temperature lower than a second blocking temperature of the second antiferromagnetic layer. After the first thermal treatment, a second thermal treatment is performed at a third temperature lower than a first blocking temperature of the first antiferromagnetic layer but higher than said second blocking temperature of the second antiferromagnetic layer.

    摘要翻译: 一种自旋阀型磁阻元件的制造方法,包括层叠反铁磁性层,钉扎磁性层,非磁性导电层,自由磁性层和第二反铁磁性层。 第二反铁磁层位于自由磁性层上并定向自由磁性层的磁化方向。 在该方法中,在排列第一反铁磁层的晶体结构的第一温度或低于第二反铁磁性层的第二阻挡温度的第二温度下进行第一热处理。 在第一热处理之后,在比第一反铁磁层的第一阻挡温度低的第三温度下进行第二热处理,但高于第二反铁磁性层的所述第二阻挡温度。

    Spin-valve magnetoresistive Sensor including a first antiferromagnetic layer for increasing a coercive force and a second antiferromagnetic layer for imposing a longitudinal bias
    7.
    发明授权
    Spin-valve magnetoresistive Sensor including a first antiferromagnetic layer for increasing a coercive force and a second antiferromagnetic layer for imposing a longitudinal bias 失效
    旋转阀磁阻传感器包括用于增加矫顽力的第一反铁磁层和用于施加纵向偏置的第二反铁磁层

    公开(公告)号:US06295186B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-25

    申请号:US08944665

    申请日:1997-10-06

    IPC分类号: G11B539

    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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种自旋阀磁阻传感器,其包括至少两个包含第一和第二铁磁层的铁磁层。 第一反铁磁性层与第一铁磁层相邻地层叠,以增加第一铁磁性层的矫顽力来固定第一铁磁性层的磁化方向。 一对第二反铁磁层分别邻近第二铁磁层的纵向端部定位。 此外,一对第三铁磁层分别与所述一对第二反铁磁层相邻地层叠,用于引起磁各向异性以在垂直于第一铁磁层的钉扎磁化方向的方向上引导每个第三铁磁层的磁化方向,由此施加 为了抑制巴克豪森噪声,第二铁磁层上的纵向偏压使其中的磁畴稳定。 第二铁磁层的磁化方向根据外部磁场的方向保持自由旋转,从而改变传感器的电阻。

    Magnetic sensor exhibiting large change in resistance at low external magnetic field
    9.
    发明授权
    Magnetic sensor exhibiting large change in resistance at low external magnetic field 失效
    磁传感器在低外部磁场下表现出较大的电阻变化

    公开(公告)号:US06191577B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-20

    申请号:US09036606

    申请日:1998-03-06

    IPC分类号: G01R3309

    摘要: A magnetoresistive sensor includes a plurality of multilayered magnetoresistive films arranged in parallel. Each multilayered magnetoresistive film includes at least one pinned ferromagnetic layer and at least one free magnetic layer. Reversion of magnetization of the pinned ferromagnetic layer is pinned, whereas the vector of magnetization of the free ferromagnetic layer freely reverses in response to an external magnetic field. The vectors of magnetization of the pinned ferromagnetic layers in two adjacent multilayered magnetoresistive films are substantially antiparallel to each other.

    摘要翻译: 磁阻传感器包括并列布置的多个多层磁阻膜。 每个多层磁阻膜包括至少一个钉扎铁磁层和至少一个自由磁性层。 固定的铁磁层的磁化反转被固定,而自由铁磁层的磁化矢量响应于外部磁场自由地反转。 两个相邻的多层磁阻膜中的钉扎铁磁层的磁化向量基本上是反平行的。

    Magnetoresistance device and production method thereof
    10.
    发明授权
    Magnetoresistance device and production method thereof 失效
    磁阻装置及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US06326092B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-04

    申请号:US09593120

    申请日:2000-06-13

    IPC分类号: G11B566

    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.

    摘要翻译: 磁阻器件包括由非磁性层分开的至少两个铁磁层,其中一个铁磁层的矫顽力由靠近该铁磁层之一设置的反铁磁材料的矫顽力增强层增强,由此固定磁化强度 在铁磁层中的一个反转,另一个铁磁层用作其中允许磁化反转的自由铁磁层,其中矫顽力增强层中的自旋取向以多层方式对准到基本上平行于该平面的方向 的矫顽力增强层。 还公开了一种制造这种装置的方法。