Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Devin Giddings

Hideaki Fukuzawa

Yoshihiko Fuji

Michiko Hara

Hiromi Yuasa

Hajime Yamaguchi

Nobuyoshi Saito

According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistive effect device, includes a stacked body stacked on a substrate, a pair of first electrodes that feeds current to the stacked body, a strain introduction member, and a second electrode for applying a voltage to the strain introduction member. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer that includes one or more metals selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, and nickel, a second magnetic layer stacked on the first magnetic layer, having a composition that is different from the first magnetic layer, and a spacer layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer.

Magneto-resistive effect device, magnetic head gimbal assembly, magnetic recording/reproduction device, strain sensor, pressure sensor, blood pressure sensor, and structural health monitoring sensor

According to one embodiment, a touch panel includes first interconnections, second interconnections, sensor units and a control unit. The first interconnections are arranged along a first direction, and extend along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The second interconnections are arranged along a third direction intersecting with the first direction, and extend along a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction. The sensor units are provided in intersection portions of the first and second interconnections, include first and second ferromagnetic layers, and an intermediate layer, allow a current to be passed, and have one end connected to the first interconnections and another end connected to the second interconnections. The control unit is connected to the first and second interconnections. An electric resistance of the sensor units changes in accordance with a stress applied. The control unit senses a change in the electric resistance.

Touch panel and display device

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Devin Giddings