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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marcos M Lederman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derek J Kroes, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Read-Rite Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360113 ; 360126 ;
Abstract
A giant magnetoresistive (GMR) thin film transducer employs a pair of flux guide pole members that define a magnetic transducing gap. A GMR structure formed of a stack of multiple layers is located between spaced portions of one of the flux guide pole members and away from the transducing gap. Bias current is supplied in a CPP (current perpendicular to the plane) mode. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of such GMR structures are connected together serially to provide a larger output signal than that obtained with a single GMR stack.