ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Sensing elements which are 0.20 μm wide have been fabricated from giant magnetoresistance material that has four magnetic layers separated by 16–17 A(ring) copper alloy layers. The material has a bulk magnetoresistive coefficient of 12%–15%, and when etched into the 0.2-μm-wide stripes, the stripe material has a shifted linear response range of about 8%, extending from −140 to +140 Oe, for example. Empirical models have been developed for both the bulk material and the stripe material. Using the stripe material model, a numerical analysis was performed for end-on, 0.2-μm-wide, read head sensors in a shielded read head with a 0.25 μm head gap. The analysis shows that with input fields of ±100 Oe from transitions, a peak to peak output of 0.85 mV can be achieved in the assumed read head structure with a 0.20-μm-wide tip. If a 0.25 μm flux gathering tip is used, the peak to peak output can be increased to 1.3 mV. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.362163
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