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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Lubitz, Great Falls, VA (US);
Konrad Bussmann, Springfield, VA (US);
Shu-Fan Cheng, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
Abstract
A GMR stack has at least two ferromagnetic layers (e.g.,CoFe) spaced from each other by a nonferromagnetic layer (e.g., Cu). A layer of a phase-breaking material (such as Ta or a Ta-base alloy) between the nonferromagnetic layer and at least one of the two ferromagnetic layers prevents the undesirable growth of large-grained structures in the ferromagnetic layers.