JP4411223B2 - 車載用gmr角度センサ - Google Patents
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No. 保護層
S1 SiO2 (4000Å)
S2 *SiO2 (4000Å)
S3 Al2O3(1000Å)+SiO2(4000Å)
S4 Al2O3(2000Å)+SiO2(2000Å)
S5 Al2O3(1000Å)+SiO2(1500Å)
S6 Al2O3(1500Å)+SiO2(1500Å)
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No. キャップ層/保護層
S7 Ta(50Å)/SiO2(4000Å)
S8 Ta(50Å)/SiO2(4000Å)+Si(20Å)+C(30Å)
S9 Ta(100Å)/SiO2(4000Å)
S10 Ta(100Å)/SiO2(4000Å)+Si(20Å)+C(30Å)
S11 Ta(50Å)+Ru(50Å)/SiO2(4000Å)
S12 Ta(50Å)+Ru(50Å)/
SiO2(4000Å)+Si(20Å)+C(30Å)
2 回転軸
3 回転磁石
10 GMR素子
11 基板
12 反強磁性層
13 固定磁性層
14 非磁性導電層
15 フリー磁性層
16 キャップ層
30 リード導体
31 Au電極パッド
40、240、340 保護層
41 Al2O3膜
42 SiO2膜
43 シリコン膜
44 絶縁性カーボン膜
45 積層膜
Claims (5)
- 外部磁界に応じて素子抵抗が変化する巨大磁気抵抗効果素子と、該巨大磁気抵抗効果素子の両端に接続したリード導体と、前記巨大磁気抵抗効果素子及び前記リード導体を封止する保護層とを備えた車載用GMR角度センサにおいて、
前記保護層は、非磁性の絶縁多層膜であって、前記巨大磁気抵抗効果素子及び前記リード導体の絶縁性を確保するSiO2膜と、このSiO2膜の上及び下の少なくとも一方に積層した非磁性且つ絶縁性の酸化防止層とにより形成されていることを特徴とする車載用GMR角度センサ。 - 請求項1記載の車載用GMR角度センサにおいて、前記酸化防止層は、前記SiO2膜の下に積層形成され、前記巨大磁気抵抗効果素子及び前記リード導体を覆うAl2O3膜である車載用GMR角度センサ。
- 請求項1記載の車載用GMR角度センサにおいて、前記酸化防止層は、前記SiO2膜の下に積層形成した、前記巨大磁気抵抗効果素子及び前記リード導体を覆うAl2O3膜と、前記SiO2膜の上に順に積層形成したシリコン膜及び絶縁性カーボン膜の積層膜とである車載用GMR角度センサ。
- 請求項1記載の車載用GMR角度センサにおいて、前記酸化防止層は、前記SiO2膜の上に順に積層形成したシリコン膜及び絶縁性カーボン膜の積層膜である車載用GMR角度センサ。
- 請求項1ないし4のいずれか一項に記載の車載用GMR角度センサにおいて、前記酸化防止層は、前記SiO2膜よりも薄く形成されている車載用GMR角度センサ。
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