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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998

Filed:

Mar. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jonathan Zanhong Sun, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);

Arunava Gupta, Valley Cottage, NY (US);

Gang Xiao, Barrington, RI (US);

Philip Louis Trouilloud, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Philippe P Lecoeur, Flers, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428692 ; 428693 ; 428701 ; 428702 ; 428900 ; 324252 ; 338 / ; 360113 ;
Abstract

A tri-layer thin film magnetoresistive device using doped perovskite manganate thin films as ferromagnetic elements, wherein a current is transported through the tri-layer structure, is disclosed. A large magnetoresistance change of about a factor of two is obtained in a low magnetic field, less than 150 Oe, which is close to the coercivity of the material of the elements. This device demonstrates that low-field spin-dependent transport in the manganates can be accomplished and that the magnitude of the resulting magnetoresistance is suitable for magnetoresistive field sensor applications.


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