摘要:
A magnetic sensor uses a magnetoresistance element which can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of a polarity of an external magnetic field. A resistance value R of first magnetoresistance elements varies, and a resistance value of second magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H1 in the positive direction. A resistance value R of second magnetoresistance elements varies and a resistance value of first magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H2 in the negative direction. Accordingly, the magnetic sensor can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of the polarity of the external magnetic field.
摘要:
A magnetic sensor uses a magnetoresistance element which can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of a polarity of an external magnetic field. A resistance value R of first magnetoresistance elements varies, and a resistance value of second magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H1 in the positive direction. A resistance value R of second magnetoresistance elements varies and a resistance value of first magnetoresistance elements does not vary with a variation in magnetic field magnitude of the external magnetic field H2 in the negative direction. Accordingly, the magnetic sensor can be driven in a stable manner with a dipole irrespective of the polarity of the external magnetic field.
摘要:
In a magnetic film forming method, a plurality of chips formed of Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4 and a plurality of chips formed of HfO.sub.2 are disposed on a target formed of Fe. The composition ratio of a Fe--Hf--O film can be set within a proper range by adjusting the numbers of the up said two kind of chips.
摘要翻译:在磁性膜形成方法中,由Fe 3 O 4形成的多个芯片和由HfO 2形成的多个芯片设置在由Fe形成的靶上。 通过调整上述两种芯片的数量,可以将Fe-Hf-O膜的组成比设定在适当的范围内。
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An underlying layer is composed of Co—Fe—B that is an amorphous magnetic material. Thus, the upper surface of the underlying layer can be taken as a lower shield layer-side reference position for obtaining a gap length (GL) between upper and lower shields, resulting in a narrower gap than before. In addition, since the underlying layer has an amorphous structure, the underlying layer does not adversely affect the crystalline orientation of individual layers to be formed thereon, and the surface of the underlying layer has good planarizability. Accordingly, PW50 (half-amplitude pulse width) and SN ratio can be improved more than before without causing a decrease in rate of change in resistance (Δ R/R) or the like, thereby achieving a structure suitable for increasing recording density.
摘要翻译:下层由作为非晶磁性材料的Co-Fe-B组成。 因此,可以将下层的上表面作为下屏蔽层侧参考位置,以获得上屏蔽和下屏蔽之间的间隙长度(GL),导致与之前的间隙较窄。 此外,由于底层具有非晶结构,所以下层不会对要在其上形成的各层的结晶取向产生不利影响,并且下层的表面具有良好的平坦化性。 因此,PW50(半幅度脉冲宽度)和SN比可以比以前更多地改善,而不会导致电阻变化率(&Dgr; R / R)等的降低,从而实现适于提高记录密度的结构。
摘要:
An exchange-coupled film includes a seed layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer. The seed layer is formed at a thickness that is larger than the critical thickness, and the thickness of the seed layer is then decreased by etching so as to be smaller than or equal to the critical thickness. Thereby, a crystalline phase which extends through the seed layer from the upper surface to the lower surface can be formed, and/or the average size, in a direction parallel to the layer surface, of the crystal grains in the seed layer can be set to be larger than the thickness of the seed layer. Consequently, a large exchange coupling magnetic field Hex can be generated between the antiferromagnetic layer and the ferromagnetic layer.
摘要:
A tunnel magnetoresistive sensor includes a pinned magnetic layer, an insulating barrier layer formed of Mg—O, and a free magnetic layer. A barrier-layer-side magnetic sublayer constituting at least part of the pinned magnetic layer and being in contact with the insulating barrier layer includes a first magnetic region formed of CoFeB or FeB and a second magnetic region formed of CoFe or Fe. The second magnetic region is disposed between the first magnetic region and the insulating barrier layer.
摘要:
An exchange-coupled film includes a seed layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer. The seed layer is formed at a thickness that is larger than the critical thickness, and the thickness of the seed layer is then decreased by etching so as to be smaller than or equal to the critical thickness. Thereby, a crystalline phase which extends through the seed layer from the upper surface to the lower surface can be formed, and/or the average size, in a direction parallel to the layer surface, of the crystal grains in the seed layer can be set to be larger than the thickness of the seed layer. Consequently, a large exchange coupling magnetic field Hex can be generated between the antiferromagnetic layer and the ferromagnetic layer.
摘要:
A CPP magnetic detecting element having a pinned magnetic layer whose magnetization is fixed by its uniaxial anisotropy in a structure that CIP magnetic detecting elements do not allow. In the CPP magnetic detecting element, the upper and lower surfaces of a pinned magnetic layer having an artificial ferrimagnetic structure are disposed between a magnetostriction-enhancing layer made of a nonmagnetic metal and a nonmagnetic material layer having a higher lattice constant than Cu. CPP magnetic detecting elements allow this structure without reducing the variation in resistance per unit area ΔR·A. Thus, the magnetostriction coefficient of the pinned magnetic layer can be increased from above and below, thereby more firmly fixing the magnetization of the pinned magnetic layer.
摘要:
A magnetic detecting device is provided. The magnetic detecting device includes a magnetoresistive effect part having a fixed magnetic layer, and a free magnetic layer which faces the fixed magnetic layer with a nonmagnetic material layer therebetween and which varies in magnetization by an external magnetic field. A seed layer is provided below the magnetoresistive effect part. The seed layer includes an Al layer laminated on an NiFeCr layer.
摘要:
A first magnetic layer includes an area which contains an element X (e.g., Cr) and is present in position toward the side of a nonmagnetic intermediate layer from the side near an opposite surface of the first magnetic layer away from an interface between the first magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and an area which is partly located in a region from the interface between the first magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic intermediate layer toward the opposite surface of the first magnetic layer and which does not contain the element X. Such an arrangement is able to improve a resistance change rate, to increase a coupling magnetic field based on the RKKY interaction, and to realize satisfactory control of magnetization of a free magnetic layer.