Design and read performance of GMR heads with NiO

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 1, 1996, Pages 3374-3379

  Nakamoto, K ^a   Kawato, Y ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Hamakawa, Y ^a   Kawabe, T ^a   Fujimoto, K ^a   Fuyama, M ^a   Sugita, Y ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FABRICATION; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL ALLOYS; PERFORMANCE;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS; MICROTRACK PROFILE; NICKEL OXIDES; READBACK WAVEFORM; TRACK WIDTH;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0030244869     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.538629     Document Type: Article

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