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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2014
Applicant:

Sirc Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroaki Tsujimoto, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

SIRC CO., LTD, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/08 (2013.01); G01R 33/093 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetoresistance effect type magnetic sensor has a problem in that the increase in the surrounding temperature decreases the magnetic characteristic of a magnetic film itself and thereby decreases the sensitivity of the sensor. A sensor element includes: a magnetic film having magnetoresistance effect; a pair of electrodes for applying an electric current to the magnetic film, the pair of electrodes being opposed across the magnetic film; a longitudinal bias magnetic field addition magnet to generate a first bias magnetic field in an opposing direction of the electrodes; and a lateral bias magnetic field addition magnet to generate a second bias magnetic field in an orthogonal direction to the longitudinal bias magnetic field addition magnet, in which a temperature characteristic of the longitudinal bias magnetic field addition magnet is higher than a temperature characteristic of the lateral bias magnetic field addition magnet.


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