Thin-film magnetic head provided with a magnetic film having regions of different magnetostriction constants and method of fabricating the same
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1. A thin-film magnetic head comprising:
- a lower thin film made of a magnetic material;
an insulating member formed on an end portion of said lower thin film;
an upper thin film made of a magnetic material and overlying said lower thin film and said insulating gap member, one end of said upper thin film being bonded to one end of said lower thin film, the other end of said upper thin film and the other end of said lower thin film facing each other through said insulating member to form a magnetic gap, each of said lower thin film and said upper thin film being divided into a central region and a side region existing in substantially the same plane, said central region having one of a positive magnetostriction constant and a negative magnetostriction constant, said side region having the other magnetostriction constant; and
a thin-film coil conductor disposed so as to pass through a space surrounded by said upper and lower thin films.
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Abstract
A thin-film magnetic head provided with a magnetic thin film having a magnetostrictive characteristic is disclosed in which a central part of magnetic core formed of the magnetic thin film has a positive magnetostriction constants, and side parts of the magnetic core on both sides of the central part have negative magnetostriction constants. Thus, when a stress due to the patterning of the magnetic core varies the magnetic characteristic of the magnetic core, the permeability of the magnetic core becomes high, and the magnetic stability thereof is improved. Accordingly, a signal reproduced by this magnetic head has a high output level, and is low in noise level.
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16 Claims
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1. A thin-film magnetic head comprising:
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a lower thin film made of a magnetic material; an insulating member formed on an end portion of said lower thin film; an upper thin film made of a magnetic material and overlying said lower thin film and said insulating gap member, one end of said upper thin film being bonded to one end of said lower thin film, the other end of said upper thin film and the other end of said lower thin film facing each other through said insulating member to form a magnetic gap, each of said lower thin film and said upper thin film being divided into a central region and a side region existing in substantially the same plane, said central region having one of a positive magnetostriction constant and a negative magnetostriction constant, said side region having the other magnetostriction constant; and a thin-film coil conductor disposed so as to pass through a space surrounded by said upper and lower thin films. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A thin-film magnetic head comprising:
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an insulating substrate; a lower thin-film magnetic core formed on said insulating substrate, having a central part and side parts existing in substantially the same plane and made of a Ni-Fe alloy, central part of said lower thin-film magnetic core said extending from one end thereof where a magnetic gap is formed to the other end opposite to said one end and having positive magnetostriction constants, said side parts of said lower thin-film magnetic core existing on both sides of said central part and having negative magnetostriction constants; a coil conductor and an insulator both formed on said lower thin-film magnetic core; and an upper thin-film magnetic core made of a Ni-Fe alloy, having a central part and side parts existing in substantially the same plane and extended on said coil conductor and said insulator in such a manner that said one end of said lower thin-film magnetic core and one end of said upper thin-film magnetic core face each other through said insulator to form said magnetic gap, and the other end of said upper thin-film magnetic core is kept in contact with the other end of said lower thin-film magnetic core, said central part of said upper thin-film magnetic core extending from said one end to said other end thereof and having positive magnetostriction constants, said side parts of said upper thin-film magnetic core existing on both sides of said central part and having negative magnetostriction constants. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of fabricating a thin-film magnetic head, comprising the steps of:
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forming a central region of a lower thin-film magnetic core on an underlying layer, said central region of said lower thin-film magnetic core having one of positive magnetostriction constants and negative magnetostriction constants; forming side regions of said lower thin-film magnetic core in substantially the same plane and on both sides of said central region of said lower thin-film magnetic core, said side regions of said lower thin-film magnetic core having the other magnetostriction constants; forming an insulating magnetic-gap layer on an end portion of said lower thin-film magnetic core; forming a coil conductor above said lower thin-film magnetic core, said coil conductor being buried in an insulator; and forming a central region of an upper magnetic core, said central region having one of positive magnetostriction constants and negative magnetostriction constants; forming side regions of said upper thin-film magnetic core in substantially the same plane and on both sides of sides of said central region of said upper thin-film magnetic core, said side regions of said upper thin-film magnetic core having the other magnetostriction constants; wherein said upper thin-film magnetic core is formed in such a manner that one end of said upper thin-film magnetic core is kept in contact with one of said lower thin-film magnetic core, the other end of said upper end thin-film magnetic core and the other end of said lower thin-film magnetic core face each other through said insulating magnetic-gap layer, and part of said coil conductor is surrounded by said upper and lower thin-film magnetic cores through said insulator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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