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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Hans W. Van Kesteren, Eindhoven, NL;
Derk J. Adelerhof, Eindhoven, NL;
Reinder Coehoorn, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A thin-film magnetic read head device comprises an end face extending in a first direction, in which a magnetic information carrier is movable with respect to the magnetic head device, and in a second direction, perpendicular to said first direction. The magnetic head device further comprises a multilayer structure with at least two soft-magnetic layers separated by a magnetic insulation layer and with at least one exchange biasing layer, which multilayer structure extends in the second direction and in a third direction, perpendicular to the first and the second direction, and forms at least one flux path in the first and the third direction. The exchange coupling between one of the soft-magnetic layers and the exchange biasing layer is at least partly reduced locally, i.e. interrupted or at least substantially reduced, in at least the second direction, while the exchange biasing layer extends uninterruptedly in the region of said reductions.