Nec Corporation

Kivokazu Nagahara

Nobuyuki Ishiwata

Kazuhiko Hayashi

Junichi Fujikata

Masafumi Nakada

Keishi Ohashi

Shigeru Mori

Tsutomu Ishi

Kunihiko Ishihara

A magneto-resistance effect head is provided with a lower conductive layer which is provided with a recessed portion, and a vertical bias layer is provided in the recessed portion. A free layer is provided on the lower conductive layer. On the free layer, layered in the following order are the non-magnetic layer, the fixed layer, the fixing layer, and the upper layer so as not to be placed immediately above the vertical bias layer. Furthermore, an upper conductive layer is provided on the upper layer and an insulation layer. In the direction of the magnetic field applied by the vertical bias layer, the free layer is made greater in length than the fixed layer and the free layer is disposed in proximity to the vertical bias layer with the distance between the fixed layer and the vertical bias layer remaining unchanged.

Magneto-resistance effect element, magneto-resistance effect head, magneto-resistance transducer system, and magnetic storage system

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Tokyo, Japan

Kivokazu Nagahara