MAGNETO-RESISTIVE ELEMENT, MAGNETO-RESISTIVE HEAD, MAGNETO-RESISTANCE DETECTING SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a head corresponding to a narrow track reproducing by reducing an effective reproducing track width of a reproducing part in a recording/reproducing head. ;SOLUTION: A magneto-resistive element comprising a magneto-resistive layer 3 having a width almost corresponding to a recording track width of a magnetic recording medium, a vertical bias layer 4 disposed adjacent to both sides of the magneto-resistive layer 3 and a pair of electrodes 6 which is provided on the vertical bias layer 4 and electrically connected with the magneto- resistive layer 3 comprises an insulating layer 5 provided between the vertical bias layer 4 and the electrodes 6. And a part of the electrodes 6 is in contact with the magneto-resistive layer 3 and the interval between the electrodes 6 is formed so as to be narrower than the width of the magneto-resistive layer 3.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO