Magnetoresistive sensor based on oscillations in the magnetoresistance
CA 2060561 C · Owner: Parkin, Stuart Stephen Papworth · Inventors: Roche, Kevin Patrick; Parkin, Stuart Stephen Papworth
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A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor comprising a multilayered structure formed on a substrate includes alternating layers of a ferromagnetic material and a non-magnetic metallic material. The ferromagnetic material and the non-magnetic material form bilayers which exhibit the property that the magnetoresistance of the multilayered structure oscillates as a function of thickness of the non-magnetic material. A current flow is produced through the MR sensor, and the variations in the resistivity of the MR sensor are sensed as a function of the magnetic field being sensed.
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- Filed February 3, 1992 and granted May 5, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2012.
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