Comparative study of MR head designs with abutted vs. Overlaid permanent magnet bias

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Shen, Y ^a   Chen, W ^a   Jensen, W ^a   Ravipati, D ^a   Retort, V ^a   Rottmayer, R ^a   Rudy, S ^a   Tan, S ^a   Yuan, S ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ABUTTED PERMANENT MAGNET BIAS; MICROMAGNETIC MODEL; OVERLAID PERMANENT MAGNET BIAS; RECORDING DENSITY; SOFT ADJACENT LAYER (SAL) BIASED MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0029732450     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.477544     Document Type: Article

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