Abstract: A magnetic device comprising at least one thin layer of a magnetizable material which has an easy axis of magnetization approximately normal to the surface of the layer. Magnetic domains are propagated in the layer by a rotating magnetic field in co-operation with a pattern of magnetizable material on the layer. Domains are detected by passing a current through a pattern of magneto-resistive material on the layer. At least in the part of the device where the detection occurs, the propagation and detection patterns have substantially the same configuration and one pattern is situated between the layer of magnetizable material and the other pattern.

Abstract: A device for reading information-representing magnetization patterns by means of a magneto-resistive element. The magneto-resistive element is in magnetic flux coupling with a plurality of magnetization patterns simultaneously. A desired portion of the element is selected for reading by influencing such portion by the external magnetic field of a magnetic bubble domain. Information positions can be read in sequence by moving the bubble domain along magneto-resistive element.

Abstract: A magnetic device comprising a first and a second plate of a magnetic material between which domains are situated. An interaction force occurs between the domains in the two plates. Stable domain positions in a second plate define equally stable domain positions in a first plate. One or both plates can be provided with domain guiding structures. Domain displacement in one plate can control a domain displacement in the other so that a variation in the interaction force is produced.