Magnetic Sensor Shield Pinned by a High-Coercivity Ferromagnet

A magnetic sensor may generally be configured as a data reader capable of sensing data bits from an adjacent data storage medium. Various embodiments of a magnetic element may have at least a magnetic stack that contacts at least a first shield. The first shield can have at least one synthetic antif...

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Hauptverfasser: DU YUQING, HASSAN SAMEH SAYED ALI, MCNEILL KEVIN A, ORMSTON MARCUS W, LAPICKI ADAM ANDRZEJ
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Zusammenfassung:A magnetic sensor may generally be configured as a data reader capable of sensing data bits from an adjacent data storage medium. Various embodiments of a magnetic element may have at least a magnetic stack that contacts at least a first shield. The first shield can have at least one synthetic antiferromagnetic structure (SAFS) that is pinned by a high-coercivity ferromagnetic (HCFM) layer.