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Thin film structures for magnetic recording heads
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1990-08-23
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Granted: 1992-07-21
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Expires: 2010-08-23
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic thin film structure comprising a first layer of magnetic material having a low anisotropy H k magnetically coupled to a second layer magnetic material having a high anisotropy H k and a low coercivity. The laminate provides a dual anisotropy behavior such that the laminate exhibits a high initial permeability at relatively small applied fields during the read operation and a high anisotropy at high applied fields during the write operation. The laminate of the present invention reduces inductive head domain instability produced by the write operation while maintaining high reproducing sensitivity during the read operation. Use of the higher H k material also reduces the sensitivity of the head performance to variation in process-induced stresses.
Inventors
- 👤 Panayotis C. Andricacos
- 👤 Jei-Wei Chang
- 👤 Bojan Petek
- 👤 Lubomyr T. Romankiw
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 17:28
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y25/00; G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/127; G11B5/31; G11B5/3109; G11B5/3113; G11B5/313; G11B5/3143; G11B5/3146; G11B5/3153; H; H01; H01F; H01F10/00; H01F10/32; H01F10/324; H01F10/3268; H01F10/3281; G11B5/33; G11B5/39; G11B5/3903; G11B5/3906; G11B5/3916; G11B5/3919; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/922; Y10S428/9265; Y10S428/928
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A magnetic thin film structure exhibiting dual anisotropy behavior comprising: a first layer of magnetic material having an anisotropy field, H k , less than 5 Oe, said first layer being magnetically coupled to a second layer of magnetic material having an anisotropy field H k in excess of about 10 Oe and a coercivity, H c , less than 2 Oe.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
62 words
A magnetic thin film structure exhibiting dual anisotropy behavior comprising: a first layer of magnetic material having an anisotropy field, H k , less than 5 Oe, said first layer being magnetically coupled to a second layer of magnetic material having an anisotropy field H k in excess of about 10 Oe and a coercivity, H c , less than 2 Oe.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The structure of claim 1 wherein said second layer has an H k in the range of about 13 to 18 Oe, and Hc less than 1 Oe.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The structure of claim 2 wherein said second layer is an alloy comprising CoFeCu.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The structure of claim 3 wherein said alloy comprises: Co.sub.x Fe.sub.y Cu.sub.z, wherein x, y and z represent, respectively, the weight percent of Co, Fe and Cu in said alloy, and x=66 to 92 y=6 to 14 Z=2 to 20.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The structure of claim 4 wherein x=73 to 86 y=11 to 13 Z=3 to 14.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structure of claim 1 wherein said second layer has a saturation magnetostriction value of less than 10 -6 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structure of claim 6 wherein said second layer has a magnetic saturation value in excess of about 16,000 Gauss.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 7 wherein said second layer has a magnetic saturation value of about 20,000 Gauss.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The structure of claim 7 wherein said second layer has an initial permeability μ i in excess of about 800.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure of claim 9 wherein said second layer has a μ i of about 1500.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The structure of claim 1 further including a layer of non-magnetic material sandwiched between said first and second layers, said layer of non-magnetic material having a thickness to provide a magnetostatic coupling between said first and second layers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
The structure of claim 11 wherein said first, second and non-magnetic layers form a sublaminate of a laminate comprising at least a pair of said sublaminates and a further layer of said non-magnetic material sandwiched between each pair of said sublaminates.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure of claim 12 wherein said structure comprises a portion of a magnetic recording head.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The structure of claim 13 wherein said structure comprises a yoke region and at least one poletip of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 14 wherein said structure further comprises a flux guide of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
The structure of claim 1 further including a third layer of magnetic material coupled to said second layer of magnetic material on an opposing side thereof to said first layer, said third layer having an anisotropy field H k less than 5 Oe.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure of claim 1 wherein said structure comprising a portion of a magnetic recording head.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The structure of claim 17 wherein said structure comprises a yoke region and at least one poletip of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 18 wherein said structure further comprises a flux guide of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
The structure of claim 1 wherein said first and second layer form a sublaminate of a laminate comprising at least a pair of said sublaminates.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structure of claim 20 further including a layer of non-magnetic material sandwiched between each pair of said sublaminates.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure of claim 21 wherein said structure comprises a portion of a magnetic recording head.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
The structure of claim 22 wherein said structure comprises a yoke region and at least one poletip of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 23 wherein said structure further comprises a flux guide of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
40 words
The structure of claim 21 further including a layer of non-magnetic material sandwiched between said first and second layers, said layer of non-magnetic material having a thickness to provide a weakened magnetic exchange coupling between said first and second layers.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structure of claim 21 further including a layer of antiferromagnetic material sandwiched between said first and second layers.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure of claim 20 wherein said structure comprises a portion of a magnetic recording head.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
The structure of claim 27 wherein said structure comprises a yoke region and at least one poletip of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
18 words
The structure of claim 27 wherein said structure further comprises a flux guide of said magnetic recording head.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
40 words
The structure of claim 1 further including a layer of non-magnetic material sandwiched between said first and second layers, said layers of non-magnetic material having a thickness to provide a weakened magnetic exchange coupling between said first and second layers.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
41 words
The structure of claim 30 wherein said first, second and non-magnetic layers form a sublaminate of a laminate comprising at least a pair of said sublaminates and a further layer of said non-magnetic material sandwiched between each pair of said sublaminates.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
The structure of claim 1 further including a layer of antiferromagnetic material sandwiched between said first and second layers.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
41 words
The structure of claim 22 wherein said first, second and non-magnetic layers form a sublaminate of a laminate comprising at least a pair of said sublaminates and a further layer of said non-magnetic material sandwiched between each pair of said sublaminates.
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