Narrow end-on giant magnetoresistance READ-head sensors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2392-2396

  Pohm, A V ^a   Beech, R S ^a   Anderson, J M ^a   Black, W C ^b  

^a NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b 494 Town Engineering Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistance; Vertical head sensor

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; SENSORS;

PARALLEL COUPLING; SANDWICH MATERIALS;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0031140398     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.573863     Document Type: Article

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