IP Library Granted Patent US 5,901,018
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US 5,901,018 · App. 08/957,788

Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as rear flux guide

Inventors: Robert E. Fontana, Jr., Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin, Ching Hwa Tsang, Mason Williams
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Granted: May 4, 1999 Filed: Oct 24, 1997
Inventors
Robert E. Fontana, Jr.
Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin
Ching Hwa Tsang
Mason Williams
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,901,018
App. No.
08/957,788
Filed
1997-10-24
Granted
1999-05-04
Kind
A