Headway Technologies, Incorporated

Hui-Chaun Wang

Min Li

Kunliang Zhang

Tong Zhao

Yu-Chen Zhou

A magneto-resistive device having a large output signal as well as a high signal-to-noise ratio is described along with a process for forming it. This improved performance was accomplished by expanding the free layer into a multilayer laminate comprising at least three ferromagnetic layers separated from one another by antiparallel coupling layers. The ferromagnetic layer closest to the transition layer must include CoFeB while the furthermost layer is required to have low Hc as well as a low and negative lambda value. One possibility for the central ferromagnetic layer is NiFe but this is not mandatory.

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Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Hui-Chaun Wang