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5729137 Magnetic field sensors individualized field reducers  
A magnetic field sensor having a plurality of interconnected magnetoresistive magnetic field sensing structures with at least one thereof having a permeable material mass adjacent thereto to shield...
5719494 Sensor assembly  
A sensor assembly for measuring current I o is disclosed. The sensor assembly includes four magnetoresistive resistors (1, 2, 3, 4) arranged to form a Wheatstone bridge. The bridge is disposed...
5712565 MR sensor having thick active region between two thinner inactive MR regions topped with respective permanent magnets  
A magnetoresistive sensor (10) having permanent magnet stabilization includes a magnetoresistive layer (12), at least one permanent magnet (14a or 14b), and first and second current contacts (16a...
5712612 Tunneling ferrimagnetic magnetoresistive sensor  
A tunneling ferrimagnetic magnetoresistive sensor that has a ΔR/R greater than that of known magnetoresistive sensors, and that, with appropriate electrode materials, can undergo a substantial...
5708407 Current sensor comprising a magnetoresistive tape and its production process  
The invention relates to a current sensor or transducer (10) for measuring the current flowing through an electric conductor (11), comprising a magnetoresistive tape (12) surrounding the conductor...
5708358 Spin valve magnetoresistive transducers having permanent magnets  
A spin valve magnetoresistive sensor includes a substrate and a layered structure formed on the substrate. The layered structure includes a pair of thin film layers of ferromagnetic material...
5703485 Method and test structure for determining magnetic domain switching field when fabricating patterned exchange biased magnetoresistive (MR) head  
A method for determining through a test structure a longitudinal magnetic exchange field within a patterned exchange biased magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element. To practice the method, there is...
5698335 Magnetoresistance effect element having bias films  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetoresistance effect element which has a film with a spin valve structure or an artificial lattice film having good soft magnetic...
5699213 Magnetoresistive head having a magnetic domain control layer  
A magnetoresistive head includes a magnetoresistive film and a magnetic domain control layer, formed by a paramagnetic film which is provided in contact with the magnetoresistive film and an...
5695864 Electronic device using magnetic components  
In the present invention, electrons flow through a free or excitable magnet, or reflect from it, to make its magnetization respond. To accomplish this, the spin vectors of the flowing electrons are...
5696445 Method and apparatus for testing the resistive properties of magneto resistive materials using a time variable magnetic field  
A tester for measuring the resistance of magnetoresistive heads as a function of the magnetic field applied to the heads. The tester applies a time varying magnetic field to the magnetoresistive...
5696447 Magneto-resistive magnetic field sensor with pole pieces and increased sensitivity  
The invention concerns a magneto-resistive magnetic sensor comprising a magneto-resistive element, the resistance of which varies as a function of the applied magnetic field and two pole pieces...
5689185 Compact device for measuring magnetic fields having magnetoresistors and an auxiliary magnetic field generator  
A device for measuring magnetic fields comprises an assembly of at least two magnetic field sensors each of which comprises a number of magnetoresistive sensor elements situated in one plane and...
5686838 Magnetoresistive sensor having at least a layer system and a plurality of measuring contacts disposed thereon, and a method of producing the sensor  
A magnetoresistive sensor includes at least one measuring layer having a magnetization M M in the plane of the layer, and a bias layer having a fixed magnetization M B in the plane of the layer,...
5686837 Magnetic field sensor and instrument comprising such a sensor  
A magnetic field sensor is composed of layered magnetoresistive elements which are arranged in a bridge on a substrate. The magnetoresistive elements comprise two ferromagnetic layers which exhibit...
5684397 Magnetoresistive sensor  
A first magnetoresistive (MR) element of an MR element portion of the MR sensor has line patterns of a ferromagnetic thin film, that are arranged in parallel to each other, and connecting patterns...
5682284 Read sensitivity function for barberpole bias design magnetoresistive sensor having curved current contacts  
An improved magnetoresistive head design including a front curved sense contact, a back curved sense contact and a lip extension forming an elliptical sensor region is disclosed. Current flows...
5677625 Giant magnetoresistance, production process and application to a magnetic sensor  
A magnetoresistance having three ferromagnetic layers (10, 20, 30) separated by non-magnetic layers (15, 25). The first ferromagnetic layer (10) has a magnetization orientable by a measuring...
5668473 Magnetoresistive sensor including shortened measuring layers  
A magnetoresistive sensor may include a layer system having at least one measuring layer exhibiting a magnetization in the plane of the layer. The magnetization depends inversely in at least one...
5667879 TaN/NiFe/TaN anisotropic magnetic sensor element  
A stack of two refractory nitride layers and a magnetoresistive layer are used to facilitate electrical connection between components of a sensor. The stack of tantalum nitride and nickel iron...
5663644 Magnetoresistive sensor having a bias field applied at approximately 56°  
The present invention relates to a magnetic signal detection apparatus utilizing a ferromagnetic thin film magneto-resistive element which produces a maximum output of high linearity with an...
5661449 Magnetic multilayer film, method for making, and magnetoresistance device  
A magnetic multilayer film having magnetoresistance (MR) is prepared by alternately depositing first and second magnetic layers while interposing a non-magnetic metal layer therebetween. The number...
5654566 Magnetic spin injected field effect transistor and method of operation  
A new hybrid magnetic spin injected-FET structure can be used as a memory element for the nonvolatile storage of digital information, as well as in other environments, including for example logic...
5652445 Hybrid hall effect device and method of operation  
A modified Hall Effect device can be used as a memory element for the nonvolatile storage of digital information. The novel device includes a ferromagnetic layer that covers a portion of a Hall...
5650721 Device for detecting the angular position of an object using a magnetoresistive sensor  
A device for determining the angular position of an object uses an MR sensor which is set up in a magnetic field, where one magnetic field component (H or H g ) and a reference axis of the MR...
5650887 System for resetting sensor magnetization in a spin valve magnetoresistive sensor  
Sensors based on the giant magnetoresistance effect, specifically "spin valve" (SV) magnetoresistive sensors, have applications as external magnetic field sensors and as read heads in magnetic...
5648885 Giant magnetoresistive effect sensor, particularly having a multilayered magnetic thin film layer  
A spin-valve read head of the giant magnetoresistive type in a data storage system has at least one magnetic thin film layer comprising a plurality of magnetic thinner film layers of ferromagnetic...
5646805 Magnetoresistive read transducer with partially abutted junctions  
A magnetoresistive transducer is formed with a trilayer structure including a soft adjacent magnetic layer (SAL), a spacer layer and a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element. The SAL and part of the...
5644230 Miniature magnetometer and flexible circuit  
Miniature magnetometer apparatus for use with external equipment in determining a position and orientation of a device located within a magnetic field includes an elongated flexible circuit for...
5640089 Method and apparatus for surface roughness detection - using a magnetoresistive element  
A magnetoresistive element is used to detect a surface roughness of an object, such as a magnetic recording medium, a photomask blank, a semiconductor wafer, and is assembled into a reproducing...
5635835 Self biased multilayer magnetoresistance sensor  
A self-bias sensor including a current source, a resistance measuring device and a sensor element sensitive to a magnetic field to be measured. The sensor element receives from the current source a...
5633770 Digital output magnetoresistive (DOMR) head and methods associated therewith  
A digital output magnetoresistive ("DOMR") head for magnetic playback comprising one or more "pinned" magnetic layers having magnetic polar direction which does not rotate under an external field...
5629549 Magnetic spin transistor device, logic gate & method of operation  
A new magnetic spin transistor is provided. This spin transistor can be used as a memory element or logic gate, such as an OR, AND, NOT, NOR and NAND gate. The state of the magnetic spin transistor...
5627466 Position measuring device having a sensor for sensing the distance between a scanning unit and a scale  
A position measuring device having a sensor, the output signal Sd of which is a function of the distance between a graduation and a scanning unit. To render the distance-dependent signal...
5621377 Sensor assembly for measuring current as a function of magnetic field gradient  
To measure magnetic field gradients is difficult because sensor elements available for this have only a limited linearity range due to their sensitivity which is strongly dependent on the...
5621320 Magnetoresistance type sensor device for detecting change of magnetic field  
A magnetoresistance type sensor device for detecting an angle or strength of a magnetic field applied thereto includes first to fourth magnetoresistance elements interconnected so as to constitute...
5620784 Magnetoresistive film  
A magnetoresistive film includes, arranged in the following order, a substrate, a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic metal film, and a second ferromagnetic layer which has a coercive force...
5619134 Physical quantity detecting device using interpolation to provide highly precise and accurate measurements  
In a physical quantity detecting device for converting a physical quantity into changes in the cycle of a pulse signal and for amplifying the cycle to convert it into digital data, detecting...
5618738 Manufacturing method for magnetoresistance elements  
A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance element that can accurately sort out truely defective products from apparently defective products due to the manufacturing processes. Manufacturing...
5617071 Magnetoresistive structure comprising ferromagnetic thin films and intermediate alloy layer having magnetic concentrator and shielding permeable masses  
A magnetoresistive layered structure having on a substrate two or more magnetoresistive, anisotropic ferromagnetic thin-films each two of which are separated by an intermediate layer on a substrate...
5604651 Read head with 4-point magnetoresistive sensing  
A read head assembly senses data recorded on tracks of a moving magnetic media. The read head includes a magnetoresistive sensor element for sensing data, and a circuit connected to the sensor...
5602471 Angle sensor including angularly spaced sensor units  
An angle sensor includes at least two angularly spaced sensor units which measure in a contactless manner and whose sensor voltages are similar but angularly shifted sinusoidal functions (sensor...
5596272 Magnetic sensor with a beveled permanent magnet  
A magnetic sensor is provided with a permanent magnet that has a beveled surface at one end of the magnet. The beveled surface intersects a first pole face at a preselected angle. The permanent...
5595830 Magnetoresistive structure with alloy layer having two substantially immiscible components  
A magnetoresistive layered structure having a pair of magnetoresistive, anisotropic ferromagnetic thin-films separated by an intermediate layer on a substrate of less than 50 Å thickness formed...
5592082 Magnetic sensor with permanent magnet bias layers  
A magnetic sensor includes a magnetoresistive effect layer (MR layer), on which permanent magnet layers are superimposed, the permanent magnet layers having slanted edges forming an angle φ with...
5589768 Magnetoresistance-effect magnetic sensor of the temperature compensating type  
A magnetoresistance-effect magnetic sensor provides an effective output even in atmospheres higher in temperature than those relevant to prior art sensors. The invented sensor has...
5585986 Digital magnetoresistive sensor based on the giant magnetoresistance effect  
A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor based on the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect provides a digital output signal. The multilayer stack of alternating ferromagnetic layers and nonferromagnetic...
5585985 Magneto-resistive head including a film of hard magnetic material  
A hard magnetic thin film magnetized in one direction is disposed on or in the vicinity of a magneto-resistive element upon which inclined electrodes are formed. A magnetic field from the hard...
5583436 Miniature magnetic field sensor with compact magnetization coil  
A magnetic field sensor includes a number of magnetoresistive sensor elements situated in one plane, and which have the same privileged directions of magnetization, and a magnetization coil...
5583725 Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with self-pinned laminated layer and magnetic recording system using the sensor  
A magnetic recording system uses an improved spin valve magnetoresistive (SVMR) sensor. The SVMR sensor has a self-pinned laminated layer as the pinned ferromagnetic layer in place of the...