Thermal modeling of magnetoresistive heads in three dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1132-1136

  Ladwig, Peter F ^a   Tsu, I Fei ^b   Chang, Clifton H ^b   Chang, Y Austin ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) heads; Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) heads; Spin valves

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY GAP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

BIAS CURRENT; JOULE HEATING; MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL MODELLING;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0035333250     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.920488     Document Type: Article

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