Abstract:
An improved magnetoresistive sensing device for detection of cylindrical magnetic domains (bubble domains) in which the domains are expanded before being sensed. The sensing element is magnetically soft material, such as permalloy, located in fluxcoupling proximity to bubble domains which exist in a magnetic sheet. Current through the sensing element aids in the bubble domain expansion and does not impede bubble domain motion even though it is of large magnitude. Due to the expansion, a greater output signal is achieved. The structure also is useful in providing bubble domain annihilation after sensing. This eliminates the usual time delay in moving the domain to an annihilator circuit for destruction and also eliminates the need for a separate annihilator circuit.
Abstract:
A structure for increasing the reliability of a magnetic bubble domain memory system in which the operating margins of various components within the system are enlarged so that the margins of the components will have a larger area of overlap. For components in which a lessening of the effect of the bias field Hz is desirable (splitters, generators, corner propagation elements, etc.), a thin layer of magnetically soft material (for instance, permalloy) is provided which extends over the area of the magnetic sheet in which the component function takes place. This thin layer is in addition to the overlay elements used to provide the function. In a memory system, selectively placed ''''thin patches'''' of permalloy or strips of permalloy are used in the critical component areas to improve operating margins of these components.