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Apparatus having tunnel magnetoresistive sensor for contact recording

  • US 9,293,158 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2015
  • Issued: 03/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • an array of sensors sharing a common media-facing surface, each sensor having an active sensing region, magnetic shields flanking the active sensing region, and gaps between the active sensing region and the magnetic shields,wherein at least one of the gaps includes an electrically conductive layer having a refractory material.

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