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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

W. Stanley Czarnecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jason Liang, Campbell, CA (US);

Calvin S. Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3948 (2013.01); G11B 5/3909 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/3932 (2013.01); G11B 5/3951 (2013.01); G11B 5/3958 (2013.01); G11B 5/397 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head having at least two tunneling magnetoresistance sensors, where a resistance of a tunnel barrier of each of the tunneling magnetoresistance sensors of the magnetic head is about 25 ohms or less, a drive mechanism for passing a magnetic medium over the magnetic head, and a controller electrically coupled to the magnetic head. In addition, the controller includes a biasing circuit, where the biasing circuit restricts a maximum voltage drop across the tunnel barrier.


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