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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Kiwamu Tanahashi, Kokubunji, JP;
Reiko Arai, Odawara, JP;
Atsushi Kikugawa, Higashimurayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 (2006.01); G11B 5/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A soft magnetic underlayer includes a first amorphous soft magnetic layer to which an exchange bias magnetic field is applied directly from an antiferromagnetic layer or via a ferromagnetic layer, and a second amorphous soft magnetic layer which is formed on the first amorphous soft magnetic layer via a non-magnetic layer. The first amorphous soft magnetic layer and the second amorphous soft magnetic layer are antiferromagnetically coupled.