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US 7,599,156 B2Granted
Magnetoresistive element having specially shaped ferromagnetic layer
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTatsuya Kishi, Masahiko Nakayama, Yoshiaki Fukuzumi, Tadashi Kai
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Abstract
A magnetoresistive element according to an example of the present invention has a stacked structure comprised first and second ferromagnetic layers and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between these ferromagnetic layers, and a planar shape of at least one of the first and second ferromagnetic layers has a shape formed by combining two or more parts each having a shape of a character C.
Claims3
A magnetoresistive element comprising:
- first and second ferromagnetic layers;
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- a nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first and second ferromagnetic layers, wherein a planar shape of at least one of the first and second ferromagnetic layers has an approximate shape formed by combining two or more parts, each having a shape of a character C, wherein the two or more parts are oriented in different directions from each other;
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- wherein the two or more parts each have an approximate shape such that the shape of characters C are combined with each other at backs thereof or an approximate shape approximate to a shape of character Z.
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