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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seisan Kaihatsu Kagaku Kenkyusho, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360113 ;
Abstract
A magnetoresistance effect element is provided which comprises a substrate on which a first magnetic layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 5 nm which contains cobalt, a second magnetic layer having a thickness of not larger than 5 nm which contains iron or nickel or an alloy thereof, a third magnetic layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 5 nm which contains cobalt and a nonmagnetic layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 5 nm are laminated in this order at least twice, wherein the thickness of the second magnetic layer is not larger than half of the total thickness of the first and third magnetic layers. The element is useful as a magnetoresistance sensor or head.