The electrical and magnetic response of yoke-type read heads based on a magnetic tunnel junction

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2586-2588

  Coehoora, R ^a   Cumpson, S R ^a   Ruigrok, J J M ^a   Hidding, P ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic head modelling; Signal to noise ratio; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE (GMR); TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0033184351     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800898     Document Type: Article

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