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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2007
Hiroshi Kiyono, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kuwashima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kiyono, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kuwashima, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a thin-film magnetic head having a magneto-resistive effect device of the CPP (current perpendicular to plane) structure comprising a multilayer film in which a fixed magnetization layer, a nonmagnetic layer and a free layer are stacked together in order. The fixed magnetization layer, nonmagnetic layer and free layer extend away from an air bearing surface that is a plane in opposition to a medium, the length of the fixed magnetization layer in a depth direction normal to said air bearing surface is greater than the length of the free layer in the depth direction. A shunt layer for shunting the sense current is located at a farther distance in the depth direction than the free layer, and the shunt layer is separated from the free layer by a constant gap in the depth direction.