Claims
- 1. A magnetic reading head comprising:
- a magnetic circuit having two pole pieces and a lower magnetic piece, said magnetic circuit having one gap constituting a first head gap located between said two pole pieces;
- a magnetic field concentrator constituted by two magnetic layers in contact with said lower magnetic piece and being formed between said lower magnetic piece and said two pole pieces, said two magnetic layers separating said lower magnetic piece from said two pole pieces, said two magnetic layers being spaced from one another by a second head gap, and said two magnetic layers having a width which decreases on approaching the second head gap;
- a longitudinal magnetoresistant element placed across said second head gap, said longitudinal magnetoresistant element being made from a multilayer material constituted by a stack of magnetic layers separated by nonmagnetic metal layers, said longitudinal magnetoresistant element being embedded in an insulated material.
- 2. The magnetic reading head according to claim 1,
- wherein the magnetoresistant element is bent on itself and is formed from a plurality of transverse portions and a plurality of parallel, longitudinal portions, arranged in a juxtaposed manner across the second head gap.
- 3. The magnetic reading head according to claim 2, wherein the transverse portions of the magnetoresistant element are short-circuited by a plurality of conductors.
- 4. The magnetic reading head according to claim 3, further comprising a polarization conductor to longitudinally polarize the magnetoresistant element.
- 5. The magnetic reading head according to claim 4,
- wherein a material of the polarization conductor is the same as a material of the plurality of conductors short-circuiting the transverse portions of the magnetoresistant element.
- 6. The magnetic reading head according to claim 1,
- wherein the magnetoresistant element has two ends connected by two conductive strips to two external elements.
- 7. The magnetic reading head according to claim 4,
- wherein the polarization conductor has two ends connected by two conductive strips to two external elements.
- 8. The magnetic reading head according to any one of the claims 2 to 7, further comprising a conductor coil surrounding a portion of the magnetic circuit, so that the magnetic head operates both in reading and writing.
- 9. The magnetic reading head according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal magnetoresistant element is isolated from said pole pieces.
- 10. Process for producing said magnetic reading head according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the following operations:
- on a substrate (20, 16.sub.1, 16.sub.2) is deposited a magnetic material layer, which is etched in order to form two layers (30.sub.1, 30.sub.2) spaced from one another by a head gap (32), said layers having a width decreasing on approaching the head gap (32),
- on the two layers is deposited a first insulating layer (34),
- a metal layer is deposited and etched in order to form four internal conductor elements (41, 43, 45, 47) connected by four conductive strips (31, 33, 35, 37) to four external elements (21,.23, 25, 27),
- a multilayer magnetoresistant material layer is deposited and said layer magnetoresistant material is etched in order to form said magnetoresistant element, said element having two ends in contact with two first internal elements (41, 47),
- a second insulating layer (52) is deposited,
- said second insulating layer (52) is etched in order to free two other internal elements (43, 45),
- a conductive layer is deposited and etched to leave a ribbon (80) having two ends (73, 75) in contact with the two internal elements (43, 45), said ribbon (80) extending across the magnetoresistant element (50),
- on the two layers are formed two pole pieces (90.sub.1, 90.sub.2) bearing on the two magnetic layers (30.sub.1, 30.sub.2), said two pole pieces being-separated by a head gap (100).
- 11. Process according to claim 10, characterized in that a magnetoresistant element is produced in the form of parallel, longitudinal portions (a, b, c, d, e), arranged in juxtaposed manner across the head gap (32) separating the two magnetic layers (30.sub.1, 30.sub.2) and transverse portions (A, B, C, D) connecting the ends of the longitudinal portions.
- 12. Process according to claim 11, characterized in that, in the operation of etching the second insulating layer (52), not only are the two other internal elements (43, 45) freed, but also the transverse portions (A, B. C, D) of the magnetoresistant element (50), so that in the operation of depositing the conductive layer, formation takes place of transverse conductors (81, 82, 83, 84) on the transverse portions (A, B, C, D) of the magnetoresistant element (50).
- 13. Process according to claim 10, characterized in that beforehand is formed a subassembly starting with a substrate (10), on which is formed a pole piece (14) with two pillars (16.sub.1, 16.sub.2) and a conductor coil (18) embedded in an insulant (20), said subassembly serving as a substrate for the following operations, said process leading to a read and write head.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of a application Ser. No. 08/565,015 , filed on Nov. 30, 1995 , now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/330,674 , filed Oct. 28, 1994, also abandoned.
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