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Thin film element

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1984-02-27
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Granted: 1985-03-12
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Expires: 2004-02-27
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Abstract

Abstract The invention provides a thin film element which includes a thin film of an organic material, which has a multilayered structure of thin films, and which has a protective film of multilayered structure having films of at least two nonmagnetic materials, or of a thin film of a mixture of at least two nonmagnetic insulating materials. The protective film has a low internal stress, and the step coverage and adhesion strength thereof at edges of the high step portion is excellent.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuyuki Kaminaka
  • 👤 Kenji Kanai
  • 👤 Noboru Nomura
  • 👤 Yuji Omata

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 00:11
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y25/00; G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/127; G11B5/31; G11B5/3103; G11B5/3106; H; H01; H01F; H01F10/00; H01F10/32; H01F10/324; H01F10/3254; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10S428/901; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/11; Y10T428/1193; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 94 words
A thin film element, comprising: a substrate; a multilayer thin film structure formed on said substrate for performing a desired function, said structure having a layer comprising an organic material and a layer comprising a magnetic material; and a protective covering on said thin film structure, said covering comprising at least two protective layers of different inorganic nonmagnetic insulating material or mixture thereof, adjacent layers of said protective covering being of different composition, one of said protective layers covering said thin film structure and another of said protective layers covering said one protective layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 94 words
A thin film element, comprising: a substrate; a multilayer thin film structure formed on said substrate for performing a desired function, said structure having a layer comprising an organic material and a layer comprising a magnetic material; and a protective covering on said thin film structure, said covering comprising at least two protective layers of different inorganic nonmagnetic insulating material or mixture thereof, adjacent layers of said protective covering being of different composition, one of said protective layers covering said thin film structure and another of said protective layers covering said one protective layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 22 words
An element according to claim 1, wherein each layer of said protective covering comprises a mixture of at least two major constituents.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
An element according to claim 1, wherein said protective covering comprises a multilayered film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
An element according to claim 1, wherein the nonmagnetic insulating materials of said protective covering are two materials selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 and SiC.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 14 words
An element according to claim 1, wherein said organic material is a photoresist material.

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