Integrated spin valve head

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6995959
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11011957

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Currently, the shield-to-shield separation of a spin valve head cannot be below about 800 Å, mainly due to sensor-to-lead shorting problems. This problem has now been overcome by inserting a high permeability, high resistivity, thin film shield on the top or bottom (or both) sides of the spin valve sensor. A permeability greater than about 500 is required together with a resistivity about 5 times greater than that of the free layer and an MrT value for the thin film shield that is 4 times greater than that of the free layer. Five embodiments of the invention are described.

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  • HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, Jei-Wei Cupertino, CA 67 836
Horng, Cheng San Jose, CA 32 653
Ju, Kochan Fremont, CA 143 2198
Liao, Simon Fremont, CA 49 534
Zheng, Youfeng San Jose, CA 33 177

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