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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Takao Koshikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukinori Ikegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Ohtsuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Imamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshifumi Mizoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic memory device comprises: a vertically magnetic recording medium; a probe formed of an electrically conductive as well as soft-magnetic material, a pointed end of the probe faces the magnetically recording medium across a gap; a magnetic flux detecting element for detecting a magnetic flux caught by the probe, where the magnetic flux is from a data recorded on the magnetically recording medium; a vertical controller for keeping the gap constant by the use of a tunnel current flowing via said gap into the probe while a voltage is applied across the gap; and a scan mechanism for scanning the probe along the magnetically recording medium. The magnetic memory device may further comprises an exciting coil for magnetizing the probe so as to write a data in the magnetically recording medium. The probe may be recessed from the scanning position when the probe is not in operation.