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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/312 ; G11B 5/455 ; G11B 5/39 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/312 ; G11B 5/455 ; G11B 5/39 ;
Abstract
A current which will change an initial magnetization state of a shield layer for a MR element is applied to an inductive element, and output characteristics of the MR element is measured.