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Magnetoresistive materials

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1992-03-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-03-06
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Abstract

Abstract A magnetoresistive material comprising a first magnetic thin-film layer mainly composed of Co with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and a second magnetic thin-film layer mainly composed of Ni X Fe Y Co Z with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of which layers are alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin-film layer sandwiched therebetween, mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 35Å, wherein X, Y and Z are 0.6 ≦ X ≦ 0.9, 0 ≦ Y ≦ 0.3, and 0.01 ≦ Z ≦ 0.3, respectively, and a second magnetic thin-film layer mainly composed of 50 atomic% or more of Ni, with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of which layers are alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin-film layer sandwiched therebetween mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 35Å, and non-magnetic metallic thin-film layers mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 25Å, both of the two kinds of layers being laminated, and non-magnetic metallic thin-film layers mainly composed of Ni-Co containing 50 atomic% or more of Ni with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and non-magnetic metallic thin-film layers mainly composed of Cu having a thickness of 10 to 25Å, both of the two kinds of layers being laminated.

Inventors

  • 👤 Mitsuo Satomi
  • 👤 Hiroshi Sakakima

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10N; H10N50/00; H10N50/80; H10N50/85; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y25/00; H01; H01F; H01F10/00; H01F10/32; H01F10/324; H01F10/3268; H01F10/3281; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10S428/922; Y10S428/9265; Y10S428/928; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12465; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12632; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12903; Y10T428/1291; Y10T428/12917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 99 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising first magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Co with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and second magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Ni X Fe Y Co Z in which X, Y and Z are 0.6 ≦ X ≦ 0.9, 0 ≦ Y ≦ 0.3, and 0.01 ≦ Z ≦ 0.3, respectively, with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of the first and second layers being alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin film layer sandwiched therebetween, said non-magnetic layer mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 35Å.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 100 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising first magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Co with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and second magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Ni X Fe Y Co Z in which X, Y and Z are 0.6 ≦ X ≦ 0.9, 0 ≦ Y ≦ 0.25, and 0.01 ≦ Z ≦ 0.25, respectively and having a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of said first and second layers being alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin film layer sandwiched therebetween, said non-magnetic layer mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 25Å.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 78 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising first magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Co with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and second magnetic thin film layers mainly composed of Ni-Co containing not less than 50 atomic% of Ni with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of said first and second layers being alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin film layer sandwiched therebetween, said non-magnetic layer mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 35Å.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 80 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising a first magnetic thin film layer mainly composed of Co with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and a second magnetic thin film layer mainly composed of Ni-Co containing not less than 50 atomic% of Ni, with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, both of said first and second layers being alternately laminated through a non-magnetic metallic thin film layer sandwiched therebetween, said non-magnetic layer mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 25Å.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 78 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising non-magnetic metallic thin film layers mainly composed of Ni X Fe Y Co Z having a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and non-magnetic metallic thin film layers each composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 25Å, both of the two kinds of layers being alternately laminated, wherein X, Y and Z are, by atomic composition ratios, 0.6 ≦ X ≦ 0.9, 0 ≦ Y ≦ 0.3, and 0.01 ≦ Z ≦ 0.3.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 54 words
A magnetoresistive material comprising non-magnetic metallic thin film layers mainly composed of Ni-Co containing Ni not less than 50 atomic% with a thickness of 10 to 100Å, and non-magnetic metallic thin film layers mainly composed of Cu with a thickness of 10 to 25Å, both of the two kinds of layers being alternately laminated.

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