摘要 |
A magneto-resistive effect head includes a magnetic domain control construction using both of an antiferromagnetic film and a magnetic domain control layer made of a magnet layer. The head is constructed by: an antiferromagnetic layer; a pinned layer which is formed on the antiferromagnetic layer and whose magnetizing direction has been fixed; a spacer formed on the pinned layer; a free layer formed on the spacer; magnetic domain control layers having antiferromagnetic films and magnet layers for performing a magnetic domain control of the free layer; and a pair of lead layers for supplying a current to a stack of the antiferromagnetic layer, pinned layer, spacer, and free layer. Thus, even for realization of a narrow track, a magneto-resistive effect head having large sensitivity and small side reading can be realized.
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