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Design, fabrication, and performance of spin-valve read heads for magnetic recording applications

Tsang et al., 1998

Document ID
16677809547102164346
Author
Tsang C
Fontana R
Lin T
Heim D
Gurney B
Williams M
Publication year
Publication venue
IBM journal of research and development

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Since the early 1990s, the introduction of dual-element recording heads with inductive write elements and magnetoresistive (MR) read elements has almost doubled the rate of areal density improvements for hard-disk-drive data storage products. In the past several years …
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    • G11B5/127—Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive
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    • G11B5/3903—Structure or manufacture of flux-sensitive heads, i.e. for reproduction only; Combination of such heads with means for recording or erasing only using magneto-resistive devices or effects using magnetic thin film layers or their effects, the films being part of integrated structures
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