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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Calvin S. Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Andrew C. Ting, El Prado, NM (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic sensor structure, a magnetic shield having at least one laminate pair comprising a magnetic layer and an electrically conductive nonmagnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic spacer layer between the sensor structure and the magnetic shield. In another general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic tunnel junction sensor structure, and a magnetic shield having at least two laminate pairs, each pair comprising a magnetic layer and an electrically conductive nonmagnetic layer. A deposition thickness of the nonmagnetic layer in each laminate pair is about 10% or less of a total deposition thickness of the laminate pair.