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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 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 encoder of the present invention includes at least a pair of giant magnetoresistive effect elements, in which the giant magnetoresistive effect elements to be paired are formed on a substrate in a state that the elements are connected mutually electrically with the orientations of magnetization axes of the pinned magnetic layers each facing the same direction in parallel, a magnetic coding member is rotatably supported to face the giant magnetoresistive effect elements on the substrate, and the magnetic coding member has a plurality of magnetic poles formed along the direction of rotation of itself.