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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Kobayashi, Hinodemachi, JP;
Isamu Yuito, Ome, JP;
Masahiro Kitada, Hamura, JP;
Noboru Shimizu, Tokorozawa, JP;
Naoki Koyama, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360113 ;
Abstract
A magnetoresistance effect reproduction head which comprises a magnetoresistive layer having a central sensing region and an end domain control region and formed into a thin film of a ferromagnetic material, a hard magnetic layer overlapping with the end domain control region in direct contact therewith and formed into a thin film of a hard magnetic material, a magnetic field and a longitudinal magnetic bias field by ferromagnetic exchange coupling is generated for maintaining the central sensing region of the magnetoresistive layer in single domain state.