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Soft magnetic alloy films
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeita Ihara, Hiroshi Sakakima, Koichi Osano
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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeita Ihara, Hiroshi Sakakima, Koichi Osano
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The soft magnetic alloy film of the present invention is not a simple nitride alloy film but incorporates a compositional modulation in which at least the content of nitrogen is periodically modulated in the direction of film thickness after the deposition of the alloy film by a sputtering procedure. Also, the soft magnetic alloy film of the present invention contains a main content of Fe for providing higher saturation magnetization, one or more metals selected from Nb, Ta, Zr, Ti, and Hf, and fine grains of Fe based materials developed after annealing. Therefore, the soft magnetic alloy film of the present invention can exhibit better magnetic properties including higher saturation magnetization and improved soft magnetic characteristics after the annealing and also, ensuring minimum magnetostriction with a specific composition.
A soft magnetic alloy film deposited such that composition of the alloy film is modulated in the thickness direction thereof, an average composition of the alloy film being represented by the formula;
A soft magnetic alloy film containing fine grains of Fe based materials in which at least the nitrogen composition is modulated in the thickness direction thereof, an average composition of the alloy film being represented by the formula:
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