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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1999
Keiichi Nagasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Kishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for fabricating a spin-valve magnetic head including a layered body of a first ferromagnetic layer having a first easy axis of magnetization extending in a first direction, a non-magnetic layer formed on the first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic layer, and an anti-ferromagnetic layer provided on the second ferromagnetic layer in exchange coupling therewith. The method includes a first thermal annealing process with the steps of annealing the layered body in a first annealing state and applying a magnetic field to the layered body in a second direction different from the first direction, while maintaining the layered body in the first annealing state. The method further includes a second thermal annealing process with the steps of annealing the layered body, after the first thermal annealing process, in a second annealing state and applying a magnetic field in a third direction different from the second direction while maintaining the layered body in the second annealing state.