Abstract:
Magnetic head (1) having a head face (3) and a layer structure (7) comprising a first magnetic layer (13a, 13b), a second magnetic layer (17) and a thin insulation layer (19a, 19b) electrically separating these magnetic layers. At least the first layer of these magnetic layers comprises an amorphous cobalt alloy and is an integral part of the first magnetic layer comprising the amorphous cobalt alloy.
Abstract:
A magnetic transducer provided with a spin valve type magnetoresistance effect element having a specially high corrosion resistance and such a rate of change of resistance that the MR inclination is larger than 0.7 %/Oe in a 1 MH3 high-frequency magnetic field region since the pinning layer is made of antiferromagnetic iron oxide FeOx. The effect element has an extremely excellent rise characteristic of the MR curve in a zero magnetic field, a small hysteresis, and a high heat resistance. The effect of the heat resistance is further enhanced when an oxygen blocking layer is interposed between the pinning layer and a ferromagnetic layer. A magnetic transducer using a magnetoresistance effect element having a multilayered magnetic film, such as an MR head, has an output voltage which is nearly five times as high as that of a magnetic transducer using a conventional material. Therefore, an extremely highly reliable excellent MR head which reads out data magnetically recorded at an ultrahigh density of > 1 Gbit/inch is provided.
Abstract:
A read head includes electrically conductive ferromagnetic first (Y1, 226) and second (Y2, 228) yoke layers and a tunnel valve sensor (201) which is recessed from the ABS and is located between the first and second yoke layers. The first and second yoke layers extend to an air bearing surface (ABS) for conducting flux to the sensor and extend into the head beyond the sensor. A bottom copper structure (246) interfaces a bottom surface of the tunnel valve sensor and a top copper structure (248) interfaces a top surface of the tunnel valve sensor. In a first embodiment of the invention, the first and second copper structures conduct heat from the sensor to the first and second yoke layers respectively, and in a second embodiment of the invention the bottom copper structure conducts heat to a substrate (245) while the top copper structure conducts from the sensor to the second yoke layer. Further, in the first embodiment the first and second yoke layers serve as leads for a tunneling current while in the second embodiment the bottom copper structure and the second yoke layer serve as leads for the tunneling current.
Abstract:
Method of forming an assembly of layers, making use of a first layer (105) having a recess (107) and a second layer (117) which is deposited on the first layer, whereby the recess is filled. After forming the second layer, a polishing treatment is carried out so as to create a flat and smooth surface (119). An intermediate layer (109) is formed prior to forming the second layer, which intermediate layer is formed by deposition of a material which is more resistant than the material of the second layer in order to have a restraining influence on the polishing treatment. Said treatment may be stopped after reaching the intermediate layer.
Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor comprising a transducer element (1), whereby: (I) the transducer element (1) is a Spin Tunnel Junction, comprising a first (1a) and second (1b) magnetic layer which are sandwiched about an interposed electrical insulator layer (1c); (II) the sensor comprises a yoke (3) having two arms (3a, 3b); (III) the first magnetic layer (1a) is in direct contact with a first portion of a first arm (3a) of the yoke (3).
Abstract:
A read head includes electrically conductive ferromagnetic first (Y1, 226) and second (Y2, 228) yoke layers and a tunnel valve sensor (201) which is recessed from the ABS and is located between the first and second yoke layers. The first and second yoke layers extend to an air bearing surface (ABS) for conducting flux to the sensor and extend into the head beyond the sensor. A bottom copper structure (246) interfaces a bottom surface of the tunnel valve sensor and a top copper structure (248) interfaces a top surface of the tunnel valve sensor. In a first embodiment of the invention, the first and second copper structures conduct heat from the sensor to the first and second yoke layers respectively, and in a second embodiment of the invention the bottom copper structure conducts heat to a substrate (245) while the top copper structure conducts from the sensor to the second yoke layer. Further, in the first embodiment the first and second yoke layers serve as leads for a tunneling current while in the second embodiment the bottom copper structure and the second yoke layer serve as leads for the tunneling current.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for dissipating heat generated in a sensor element of a vertical magnetoresistive recording head or flux guide magnetoresistive recording head having a recess formed in the lower and/or upper magnetic shields for enhancing efficiency during reading data from a magnetic medium. Heat is dissipated through a non-magnetic metal filler layer (10, 12) formed in the shield recesses (140) between an upper (2) or lower (6) metal shield and a sensor element (4) comprising a magnetoresistive head structure. The metal filler (10, 12) must be non-magnetic, must avoid an electrical short between the sensor element and the upper (2) or lower (6) magnetic shield, and must be compatible with the adjacent shield in terms of adhesion thereto and the thermal expansion coefficient thereof. An insulator layer (11, 20) comprising an electrical insulator is formed between the sensor element (4) and the metal filler (10, 12) to insure electrical insulation. The metal filler (10, 12) acts as a thermal path from the sensor element (4) to the metal shields (2, 6).
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for dissipating heat generated in a sensor element of a vertical magnetoresistive recording head or flux guide magnetoresistive recording head having a recess formed in the lower and/or upper magnetic shields for enhancing efficiency during reading data from a magnetic medium. Heat is dissipated through a non-magnetic metal filler layer (10, 12) formed in the shield recesses (140) between an upper (2) or lower (6) metal shield and a sensor element (4) comprising a magnetoresistive head structure. The metal filler (10, 12) must be non-magnetic, must avoid an electrical short between the sensor element and the upper (2) or lower (6) magnetic shield, and must be compatible with the adjacent shield in terms of adhesion thereto and the thermal expansion coefficient thereof. An insulator layer (11, 20) comprising an electrical insulator is formed between the sensor element (4) and the metal filler (10, 12) to insure electrical insulation. The metal filler (10, 12) acts as a thermal path from the sensor element (4) to the metal shields (2, 6).
Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor comprising a transducer element (1), whereby: (I) the transducer element (1) is a Spin Tunnel Junction, comprising a first (1a) and second (1b) magnetic layer which are sandwiched about an interposed electrical insulator layer (1c); (II) the sensor comprises a yoke (3) having two arms (3a, 3b); (III) the first magnetic layer (1a) is in direct contact with a first portion of a first arm (3a) of the yoke (3).