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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1996
Hiroshi Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Katori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Kagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuko Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic information detecting apparatus is disclosed including a recording medium in which magnetic information is recorded and a magnetic field detection unit for detecting the magnetic information, the magnetic field detection unit having its magnetic field detecting section formed of a magnetoresistive element or a Hall element, the magnetic field detecting section surrounding peripheries of the recording medium. The recording medium has a substantially circular cross section. The magnetoresistive element has a structure of an artificial multilayer film formed by alternately stacking a conductor layer and a magnetic layer. The magnetic field detection unit has a soft magnetic body for conducting a magnetic field to the magnetic field detecting section.