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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Ichirou Tokunaga, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Seiji Kikuchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshito Sasaki, Niigata-ken, JP;
Takashi Hatanai, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is characterized in that a first giant magnetoresistive effect element and a second giant magnetoresistive effect element are provided along a first straight line with the magnetization of the pinned magnetic layer c oriented in a fixed direction, and that a third giant magnetoresistive effect element and a fourth giant magnetoresistive effect element are provided along a second straight line, which is parallel to the first straight line, with the magnetization of the pinned magnetic layer oriented 180° opposite to the directions of magnetization of the pinned magnetic layers in the first and second giant magnetoresistive effect elements.