Giant magnetoresistive spin valve bridge sensor

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-371

  Spong, Jaquelin K ^b,c   Speriosu, Virgil S ^b   Fontana Jr , Robert E ^a,b   Dovek, Moris M ^a,b   Hylton, Todd L ^d,e  

^a IEEE

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d IBM   (United States)

^e MicroUnity Systems Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PERFORMANCE; SENSORS; THERMISTORS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC EXCHANGE LAYERS; BIPOLAR OUTPUT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; SPIN VALVE BRIDGES; WHEATSTONE BRIDGE NETWORK;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 0030106355     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.486520     Document Type: Article

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