Title :
Synthetic antiferromagnetic exchange tab GMR heads with PtMn tab recessed from the track edges
Author :
Hasegawa, N. ; Umetsu, E. ; Nakabayashi, R. ; Ohshima, M. ; Matsuzaka, K. ; Honda, K. ; Ishibashi, Naoki ; Saitoh, S. ; Ichinohe, Y. ; Ikeda, R. ; Takahashi, A.
Author_Institution :
Magnetic Devices Div., Alps Electr. Co. Ltd., Niigata, Japan
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, a synthetic antiferromagnetic exchange tab with recessed antiferromagnet layer was proposed by modeling. We have fabricated actual heads with this synthetic exchange tab design and tested at a spin stand level.
Keywords :
antiferromagnetic materials; giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; magnetic sensors; manganese alloys; platinum alloys; superexchange interactions; PtMn; PtMn tab recess; antiferromagnet layer; antiferromagnetic exchange; spin stand level; synthetic exchange tab design; tab GMR heads; track edges; Annealing; Antiferromagnetic materials; Demagnetization; Electrostatic discharge; Etching; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Permanent magnets; Spin valves; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230439
