• DocumentCode
    845412
  • Title

    Thermal engineering of giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors: alternative dielectric gap

  • Author

    Ju, Y. Sungtaek ; Lee, Wen Y. ; Cyrille, Marie-Claire ; Fontana, Robert E. ; Gurney, Bruce A.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2259
  • Lastpage
    2261
  • Abstract
    Alternative dielectric-gap materials with high-thermal conductivities can alleviate the self-heating problem in giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors. Theoretical considerations help identify promising materials with high-thermal conductivities, which compare favorably with the experimental data from test structures.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; giant magnetoresistance; magnetic sensors; magnetoresistive devices; thermal conductivity; dielectric gap material; giant magnetoresistive sensor; self-heating; thermal conductivity; thermal engineering; Dielectrics; Electric resistance; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic materials; Magnetic sensors; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Thermal resistance; Thermal sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2002.802682
  • Filename
    1042155