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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidefumi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Nakada, Tokyo, JP;
Jun-Ichi Fujikata, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiko Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360313 ;
Abstract
In a magnetoresistive element, an underlying metal layer is formed on a substrate, and a magnetoresistive layer is formed on the underlying metal layer. The underlying metal layer has a thickness of about 0.1 to 3.0 nm.