Low-current sensing with specular spin valve structures

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Reig, C ^a   Ramirez D ^a   Li, H H ^b   Freitas, P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INESC   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DIGITAL APPLICATIONS; LOW-CURRENT SENSING; SPECULAR VALVE (SV) LAYERED STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE DRIFT;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 25844470272     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20050005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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