MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic field detector capable of effectively applying a bias magnetic field to a free magnetic layer of a GMR element with a current magnetic field.SOLUTION: A full bridge circuit includes a first resistance change unit R1, a second resistance change unit R2, a t...

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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic field detector capable of effectively applying a bias magnetic field to a free magnetic layer of a GMR element with a current magnetic field.SOLUTION: A full bridge circuit includes a first resistance change unit R1, a second resistance change unit R2, a third resistance change unit R3, and a fourth resistance change unit R4. In each of the resistance change units R1, R2, R3, and R4, a magneto-resistance effect element 10 and current carrying passages 21, 22, 23, and 24 are interconnected in series, and face each other in parallel. When a DC voltage Vdd is applied, current magnetic fields H1, H2, H3, and H4 by currents I1, I2, I3, and I4 flowing through the current carrying passages 21, 22, 23, and 24 act as a bias magnetic field on a free magnetic layer of the magneto-resistance effect element 10, and magnetizations Ha, Hb, Hc, and Hd of the free magnetic layer can be aligned in the short width direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 電流磁界によりGMR素子のフリー磁性層に効果的にバイアス磁界を与えることができる磁界検出装置を提供する。【解決手段】 第1の抵抗変化部R1、第2の抵抗変化部R2、第3の抵抗変化部R3および第4の抵抗変化部R4でフルブリッジ回路が構成されている。各抵抗変化部R1,R2,R3,R4では、磁気抵抗効果素子10と通電路21,22,23,24とが直列に接続され、且つ互いに平行に対向している。直流電圧Vddが与えられると、通電路21,22,23,24を流れる電流I1,I2,I3,I4による電流磁界H1,H2,H3,H4が磁気抵抗効果素子10のフリー磁性層にバイアス磁界として作用し、フリー磁性層の磁化Ha,Hb,Hc,Hdを短幅方向に揃えることができる。【選択図】図1