Method for the production of printed magnetic functional elements for resistive sensors and printed magnetic functional elements

A method for producing a magnetic functional element for resistance sensors, comprising:

• depositing at least 5% by weight of a magnetic material that has a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect, or of magnetic materials which in their combination have a GMR effect, as a film on a substrate by thin film technologies;
• removing the film from the substrate;
• dividing the film during the removing, or subsequent to the removing, into several components;
• processing the components with a liquid to form one of a dispersion, a paste, and a gel;
• applying the one of the dispersion, the paste, and the gel to a further substrate by printing technologies;
• removing the liquid;
• and
• performing further processing comprising one of:
• applying the components of the film as a functional element in such quantity to attain a conductivity of the functional element, and
• applying the components of the film and other electrically conducting materials as a functional element in such quantity to attain a conductivity of the functional element.