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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2006
Applicants:

Kei Hirata, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Miura, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kei Hirata, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Miura, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An MR element comprises: a tunnel barrier layer having two surfaces facing toward opposite directions; a free layer disposed adjacent to one of the surfaces of the tunnel barrier layer and having a direction of magnetization that changes in response to a signal magnetic field; and a pinned layer disposed adjacent to the other of the surfaces of the tunnel barrier layer and having a fixed direction of magnetization. The tunnel barrier layer is made of a material containing an oxide semiconductor such as ZnO. The MR element has a resistance-area product that falls within a range of 0.3 to 2.0 Ω-μminclusive.


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Hirata, Kei. (2009). Thin-film magnetic head including low-resistance tmr element (U.S. Patent No. 7573686). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7573686

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