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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Tomomi Funayama, Fujisawa, JP;
Yuichi Osawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Yoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The objective of this invention is to provide a yoke-type magnetic head and a magnetic recording device in which Barkhausen noise is low. It is possible to induce a magnetic flux efficiently within a magnetic head by using a granular magnetic film that exhibits both soft magnetic properties and a high resistance, which suppresses any shunt of the flow of the sense current into the magnetic yokes, thus preventing any deterioration insensitivity. Since this means that eddy currents can be suppressed, even during use in high-frequency regions, the frequency response characteristics are also improved. In addition, since the magnetic grains within the granular magnetic film are nano-sized, the dimensions of magnetic domains therein are also miniaturized to match that size, and thus there is also substantially no movement of the magnetic domain walls and this miniaturization also makes it possible to suppress the generation of Barkhausen noise. A similar effect can also be obtained by inducing maze domains within the magnetic yokes.