Assembly for measuring a magnetic field, using a bridge circuit of spin tunnel elements and a production method for the same

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly for measuring a magnetic field, comprising at least a first layer assembly (8) and at least a second layer assembly (10), whereby the first layer assembly (8) and the second layer assembly (10) have a hard magnetic layer (16), a layer (18) which acts as a tunnel barrier and lies adjacent to the hard magnetic layer and a soft magnetic layer (20) which lies adjacent to the layer (18) which acts as a tunnel barrier. The layer assemblies (8, 10) are located in a bridge circuit for determining the electric resistance. The invention is characterized in that the second layer assembly (10) also has an electrically conductive anti-ferromagnetic layer (22) lying adjacent to the soft magnetic layer (20), or an electrically conductive artificial anti-ferromagnet lying adjacent to said soft magnetic layer (20). The invention also relates to a method for producing the inventive assembly.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.