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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/093 (2013.01); G01R 33/0206 (2013.01); G01R 33/091 (2013.01); G01R 33/096 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic sensor includes an insulating layer including a protruding surface, a first MR element, and a second MR element. The first MR element is disposed on a first inclined surface of the protruding surface. The second MR element is disposed on a second inclined surface of the protruding surface. The protruding surface includes first to third curved surface portions. Each of the second and third curved surface portions is a curved surface protruding in a direction closer to the top surface of the substrate.