Abstract:
A magnetoresistive (MR) head with an unusually desirable spatial resolution includes a shield on each side of the MR element. Information is carried on a magnetizable medium as recorded magnetic areas. The shields are spaced apart by a distance on the order of and less than the shortest recorded wavelength for which the head is meant to be used. The MR element and the shields have their edges nearest the medium in a common plane perpendicular to the vertical component of a signal from the recorded area. An additional shunt bias layer may be provided immediately adjacent and coextensive the MR element, and the head may serve one or many tracks.
Abstract:
A magnetic transducer exhibiting the magnetoresistive (MR) effect includes at least two thin film layers. A three-legged MR film in electrical contact with a higher resistivity layer is magnetically biased by a portion of the MR sense current shunted through the nonmagnetic layer. The need for an accurate and stable bias to reduce distortion is eliminated by subjecting similar adjacent MR elements to opposite currents. Each element is then symmetrically and oppositely biased so that a differential resistance sensing circuit provides an output signal relatively immune to distortion.
Abstract:
A magnetoresistive (HR) head with an unusually desirable spatial resolution includes a shield on each side of the MR element. Information is carried on a magnetizable medium as recorded magnetic areas. The shields and spaced apart by a distance on the order of and less than the shortest recorded wavelength for which the head is meant to be used. The HR element and the shields have their edges nearest the medium in a common plane perpendicular to the vertical component of a signal from the recorded area. An additional shunt bias layer may be provided immediately adjacent and coextensive the MR element, and the head may serve one or many tracks.
Abstract:
MINOR BIT REDUCTION ON A MAGNETIC HEAD A magnetic head assembly for cooperating with a relatively moving medium, on which servo information and data information is recorded, and for reading and/or writing on said medium and for erasing said medium is fabricated so that the effect of pickup interference or unwanted signals during playback is reduced. The magnetic head assembly incorporates a geometry which shifts the signal envelope of the interfering signal so that it is in phase with the signal envelope of the desired signal. The preferred geometry is to dimension the head core so that the distance between two gaps or between a single gap and the edge of the core is equal to the distance between the servo tracks on said media. Additionally, the gap of the head has a gap null occurring at the frequency of the interfering signal.
Abstract:
A magnetic transducer exhibiting the magnetoresistive (MR) effect includes at least two thin film layers. An MR film in electrical control with a higher resistivity layer is magnetically biased by a portion of the MR sense current shunted through the nonmagnetic layer.