• DocumentCode
    2046056
  • 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
  • fYear
    2003
  • 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;
  • 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.2003.1230439
  • Filename
    1230439