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
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