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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1997
Samuel W Yuan, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert Earl Rottmayer, Fremont, CA (US);
Matthew J Carey, San Jose, CA (US);
Read-Rite Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A compact read/write head having a biased giant magnetoresistive sensor. Permanent magnet films are placed adjacent to the giant magnetoresistive sensor operating in the current-perpendicular-to the-plane (Cpp) mode and spaced with respect to the sensor by conducting films. These permanent magnet films provide a magnetic bias. The bias field is substantial and fairly uniform across sensor height. Biasing of the giant magnetoresistive sensor provides distinguishable response to the rising and falling edges of a recorded pulse on an adjacent recording medium, improves the linearity of the response, and helps to reduce noise. This read/write head is much simpler to fabricate and pattern and provides an enhanced uniformity of the bias field throughout the sensor.