Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Trecenti Technologies, Inc.

Hiroyuki Mima

Hiromitsu Itabashi

Hitoshi Harata

Shuji Ikeda

Hideo Miura

Hideki Tanaka

Norio Suzuki

Hiroyuki Ohta

Tomio Iwasaki

Satoshi Meguro

Norio Ishitsuka

Shigeo Fujii

Yasunori Abe

Osamu Shimoe

Masahito Takahashi

Yukimasa Shonowaki

Fumio Shirasaki

Toshihiro Ifuka

To suppress defects occurred in a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor device is constituted by having: the semiconductor substrate; an element isolating region having a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate and an embedding insulating film which is embedded into the trench; an active region formed adjacent to the element isolating region, in which a gate insulating film is formed and a gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film; and a region formed in such a manner that at least a portion of the gate electrode is positioned on the element isolating region, and a first edge surface of an upper side of the embedding insulating film in a first element isolating region where the gate electrode is positioned is located above a second edge surface of the embedding insulating film in a second element isolating region where the gate electrode film is not positioned.

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same

A magneto resistive sensor having a GMR magnetic laminated film is disclosed. The GMR magnetic laminated film comprises a plurality of magnetic thin layers having a NiCoFeB composition alternately laminated with a nonmagnetic thin layer, such as copper layer. Since the magnetic thin layer contains B in its composition, the GMR magnetic laminated film can stand in magneto resistance ratio (&Dgr;R/R %) under a high temperature of up to 250 degrees centigrade. By the reason, electric wiring can be connected by a lead-free solder to assemble a magnetic resistive sensor for a magnetic rotary encoder. The thermal resistance variation and the magneto resistance ratio are further improved when a NiFeCr underlayer is used under the GMR magnetic laminated film.

Magneto resistive sensor

To provide a bearing sensor having a thin plane coil for applying a biasing magnetic field and at least one magneto resistive element pair (a first magneto resistive thin plate and a second magneto resistive thin plate) crossing opposed conductor sides of the coil. The plane coil has at least one pair of opposed conductor sides (a first side and a second side). The first magneto resistive thin plate and the first side cross one another at an angle more than 30 degrees and less than 90 degrees. The second magneto resistive thin plate and the second side cross one another at an angle more than 30 degrees and less than 90 degrees. While biasing magnetic fields in opposite directions are applied to the magneto resistive thin plates, respectively, intermediate potentials of the magneto resistive element pair are measured to determine bearings based on the difference between the intermediate potentials.

Bearing sensor having magneto resistive elements

An inductive magnetic head used for high-density recording having such a construction that prevents magnetic leakage near a magnetic pole at the tip of the magnetic core and reduces magnetic resistance or reluctance at an upper magnetic core front portion is disclosed. An upper magnetic core facing a lower magnetic core with a non-magnetic gap layer interposed therebetween comprises an upper magnetic core front portion near a magnetic pole, and an upper magnetic core rear portion at the rear portion. The front portion has a parallel portion having a width almost equal to the track width extending from the magnetic pole toward the rear end of the front portion, and a sector at the rear of an apex. The front portion has a non-magnetic gap with the lower magnetic core at an area between the magnetic pole and the apex, and the gap between the front portion and the lower magnetic core is wider than the magnetic gap at the rear of the apex. The tip portion of the upper magnetic core rear portion is overlapped and connected to the upper magnetic core front portion on the medium-facing surface side of the apex, extending therefrom to the upper part of a coil and a coil insulating layer.

Magnetic head having separated upper magnetic cores for avoiding magnetic saturation and manufacturing method of same

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Hiroyuki Mima