US5005064A
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Device for detecting magnetism
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1988-08-18
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Granted: 1991-04-02
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Expires: 2008-08-18
Abstract
Abstract According to this invention, a device for detecting magnetism comprises; a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein, formed on the substrate, and a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on the interposed layer, wherein at least a portion of the interposed layer on which the ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a concentration of impurities of less than a predetermined value. Further, in the device of this invention, the surface of the layer interposed between the substrate and the ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element has a surface roughness of less than 120 and an angle between a contacting surface of a conductive wiring and the ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element and the surface of the interposed layer is less than 78 degrees. Therefore, a device wherein a deterioration of the quality film of the ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element can be avoided and a reduction of the ratio of the resistance variation of the ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element can be maintained at less than 10% can be obtained, and further, a device wherein the generation of noise can be effectively suppressed so that the device is highly sensitive to magnetism and has a high S/N ratio, and further, the breakdown ratio caused by wiring breakages is effectively reduced, can be obtained.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshimi Yoshino
- 👤 Kenichi Ao
- 👤 Ichiro Izawa
- 👤 Toshikazu Arasuna
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:19
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/02; G01R33/06; G01R33/09; G01R33/0052; H; H10; H10B; H10B61/00; H10N; H10N50/00; H10N50/01; H10N50/10; H10N50/80; H10N50/85; H10N59/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer having an impurity layer formed on an upper portion of said interposed insulating layer and an opening formed in said impurity layer, by removing a part of said impurity layer, said impurity layer formed on said substrate and containing impurities at a higher concentration than impurities in a remaining part of said interposed layer therein, and a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed at said opening on said interposed layer, thereby formed on an area with a smaller impurity concentration, wherein at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a concentration of impurities less than a concentration of impurities in said impurity layer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
123 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer having an impurity layer formed on an upper portion of said interposed insulating layer and an opening formed in said impurity layer, by removing a part of said impurity layer, said impurity layer formed on said substrate and containing impurities at a higher concentration than impurities in a remaining part of said interposed layer therein, and a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed at said opening on said interposed layer, thereby formed on an area with a smaller impurity concentration, wherein at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a concentration of impurities less than a concentration of impurities in said impurity layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to claim 1, wherein when said impurities are P, said predetermined concentration of impurities of said interposed insulating layer is a phosphorus concentration of 5P 2 O 5 mol %.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to claim 1, wheren when said impurities are As, said predetermined concentration of impurites of said interposed insulating layer is an arsenic concentration of 1×10 -17 cm -3 .
Claim 5
Independent Claim
59 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein and formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, wherein a surface of at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a surface roughness of less than 120 Å.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
59 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein and formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, wherein a surface of at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a surface roughness of less than 120 Å.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
83 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein, formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, and characterized in that a conductive wiring consisted of a thin film and electrically connected to said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed on said interposed layer and an angle between a contacting surface of said conductive wiring and said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, and a surface of said interposed layer, is less than 78 degrees.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
83 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein, formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, and characterized in that a conductive wiring consisted of a thin film and electrically connected to said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed on said interposed layer and an angle between a contacting surface of said conductive wiring and said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, and a surface of said interposed layer, is less than 78 degrees.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to claim 1, wherein a surface of said interposed layer has a surface roughness of less than 120 Å.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
59 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to claim 1, wherein a conductive wiring consisting of a thin film electrically connected to said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed on said interposed layer and an angle between a contacting surface of said conductive wiring and said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element and a surface of said interposed layer is less than 78 degrees.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
34 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to any one of claims 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, wherein impurities contained in said interposed layer consist of a substance selected from P, B, and As.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
33 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said interposed insulating layer is a film made of a substance selected from silicon dioxide and silicon nitride.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
30 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is a thin film containing Ni as a main substance therein.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to claim 10, wherein said thin film of said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element consists of a metallic alloy selected from Ni--Fe and Ni--Co.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
91 words
A device for detecting magnetism according to any one of claim 1 to 7, wherein at least a processing circuit consisted of an integrated circuit (IC) for processing signals output from said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is included on the same substrate on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed and further characterising in that said interposed layer is extended to at least the place located over said processing circuit to serve as an insulating film and is containing therein the same impurities as contained in a diffusion region in said circuit.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
110 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein and formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, characterized in that at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a concentration of impurities less than a predetermined value, and a conductive wiring consisting of a thin film and electrically connected to said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, formed on said interposed layer and wherein an angle between a contacting surface of said conductive wiring and said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, and a surface of said interposed layer, is less than 78 degrees.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
110 words
A device for detecting magnetism which comprises, a substrate, an interposed insulating layer containing impurities therein and formed on said substrate, a ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element formed on said interposed layer, characterized in that at least a portion of said interposed layer on which said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element is formed has a concentration of impurities less than a predetermined value, and a conductive wiring consisting of a thin film and electrically connected to said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, formed on said interposed layer and wherein an angle between a contacting surface of said conductive wiring and said ferromagnetic magnetoresistive element, and a surface of said interposed layer, is less than 78 degrees.
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