• DocumentCode
    2047011
  • Title

    Degradation in magnetoresistive sensors by short pulse zapping

  • Author

    Haeseok Cho ; Granstrom, E. ; Stokes, S. ; Clifton Chang ; Sining Mao ; Tabat, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Seagate Technol., Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    March 30 2003-April 3 2003
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we discuss about the degradation in magnetoresistive properties by short pulse zapping has been investigated for both spin valve (SV) and tunnelling giant magnetoresistive (GMR) heads of about 80 Gb/spl bsol/in/sup 2/ areal density. Simulated ESD transients with pulse from 0.1 nsec to 10 nsec were applied to both spin valve and tunneling GMR devices, and GMR properties of the devices were measure.
  • Keywords
    giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; magnetic sensors; magnetoresistive devices; sensitivity; spin valves; tunnelling magnetoresistance; 0.1 to 10 ns; ESD transients; GMR; SV; magnetic heads; magnetoresistive properties; magnetoresistive sensors degradations; short pulse zapping; spin valve; tunnelling giant magnetoresistance; Breakdown voltage; Electrostatic discharge; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Pulse measurements; Spin valves; Thermal degradation; Thermal resistance; Tunneling magnetoresistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7647-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230479
  • Filename
    1230479