Overview of progress in giant magnetoresistive sensors based on NiFe/Ag multilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-148

  Parker, Michael A ^a   Coffey, Kevin R ^a   Howard, J Kent ^a   Tsang, Ching H ^b   Fontana, Robert E ^b   Hylton, Todd L ^c  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MicroUnity Systems Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETORESISTANCE; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; NICKEL ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DISCONTINUOUS MULTILAYERS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS; NICKEL IRON/SILVER MULTILAYERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0029769878     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.477564     Document Type: Article

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