Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect device including a multilayer structure having a pair of ferromagnetic layers and a barrier layer positioned between them, wherein at least one ferromagnetic layer has at least the part contacting the barrier layer made amorphous and the barrier layer is an MgO layer having a highly oriented texture structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2013
Assignees:
Canaon Anelva Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inventors:
David D. Djayaprawira, Koji Tsunekawa, Motonobu Nagai, Hiroki Maehara, Shinji Yamagata, Naoki Watanabe, Shinji Yuasa