Exchange-Coupled Ni-Fe/Fe-Mn, Ni-Fe/Ni-Mn and NiO/Ni-Fe Films for Stabilization of Magnetoresistive Sensors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2585-2590

  Lin, Tsann ^a   Howard, J Kent ^a   Tsang, Ching ^b   Fontana, Robert E ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COERCIVE FORCE; DEPOSITION; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NICKEL ALLOYS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EXCHANGE COUPLING; FILM THICKNESS; MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS; SENSOR STABILITY; UNIFORM FIELD TESTS;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0029403436     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.490063     Document Type: Article

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