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Shu-Fan Cheng

Berend T Jonker

Enrique Cobas

Olaf M J Van 't Erve

Konrad Bussmann

Peter Lubitz

Olaf M J Van't Erve

Darrell King

A magnetic field sensor based on two anti-ferromagnetically coupled magnetic layers separated by multilayer graphene, prepared in a single sputter chamber without a vacuum break.

Magnetic field sensor using in situ solid source graphene and graphene induced anti-ferromagnetic coupling and spin filtering

A method of making a magnetic field sensor using in situ solid source graphene and graphene induced anti-ferromagnetic coupling and spin filtering, comprising providing a substrate comprising silicon wafers and thermal oxide, performing DC magnetron sputtering, back-sputtering the substrate, growing amorphous carbon on the substrate, sputtering and growing a first ferromagnetic metal surface on the amorphous carbon, annealing the substrate and the amorphous carbon and the first ferromagnetic metal surface, forming a graphene film on the first ferromagnetic metal surface, wherein the first ferromagnetic metal surface comprises NiFe, sputtering and growing a second ferromagnetic film on the graphene film, and capping the second ferromagnetic film with a platinum layer.

Method of making a magnetic field sensor

A GMR stack has at least two ferromagnetic layers (e.g.,CoFe) spaced from each other by a nonferromagnetic layer (e.g., Cu). A layer of a phase-breaking material (such as Ta or a Ta-base alloy) between the nonferromagnetic layer and at least one of the two ferromagnetic layers prevents the undesirable growth of large-grained structures in the ferromagnetic layers.

Structures with improved magnetic characteristics for giant magneto-resistance applications

A composition for chemical mechanical polishing of copper that includes 05% by volume of an etchant such as nitric acid, ammonium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, or ammonium chloride; 0.1-1% by weight of an azole selected from benzotriazole and derivations thereof that function similarly to bezotriazole in the composition; 0.1-2% by volume of a biodegradable detergent; and deionized water or a lower alkanol to make 100% by volume of the composition. The polishing method includes the step of polishing the bottom copper surface of a magnetic electronic device with the polishing composition of this invention for 5-30 minutes to obtain rms roughness of the copper surface of less than about 6 .ANG..

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Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

Shu-Fan Cheng