Thermal engineering of giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors: Alternative dielectric gap

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2259-2261

  Ju, Y Sungtaek ^a   Lee, Wen Y ^a   Cyrille, Marie Claire ^a   Fontana, Robert E ^a   Gurney, Bruce A ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head; Self heating; Thermal boundary resistance; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC HEADS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SENSORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE (GMR) SENSORS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0036762267     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802682     Document Type: Article

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