JP2001176028A - 薄膜磁気ヘッド及びその製造方法 - Google Patents

薄膜磁気ヘッド及びその製造方法

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JP2001176028A
JP2001176028A JP35429999A JP35429999A JP2001176028A JP 2001176028 A JP2001176028 A JP 2001176028A JP 35429999 A JP35429999 A JP 35429999A JP 35429999 A JP35429999 A JP 35429999A JP 2001176028 A JP2001176028 A JP 2001176028A
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Masaya Sakaguchi
昌也 坂口
Toshio Fukazawa
利雄 深澤
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US09/737,091 US6633466B2 (en) 1999-12-14 2000-12-14 MR thin film head with longitudinal-biasing multi-layers of antiferromagnetically-coupled high and low coercivity layers
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