Performance of Yoke Type GMR Heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2591-2596

  Folkerts, W ^a   Kools, J C S ^a   De Nooijer, M C ^a   Ruigrok, U M ^a   Postma, L ^a   Lenssen, K M H ^a   Somers, G H J ^a   Coehoorn, R ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FERRITES; HARMONIC GENERATION; LINEARIZATION; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTILAYERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SENSORS;

BARBERPOLE; EXCHANGE BIASING; FERROMAGNETIC INTERLAYER COUPLING; FLUX GUIDES; HEAD DESIGN; SECOND HARMONIC DISTORTION; TRACK WIDTH; WAFER TESTING; YOKE GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0029406090     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.490064     Document Type: Article

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