Title :
Effect on soft error rate of kinks and open loops in the read-head transfer curve
Author :
Roddick, Eric ; New, Richard
Author_Institution :
Storage Technol. Div., IBM Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper we study the effects of nonlinearities in the GMR sensor on soft error rate. Previous studies have focused on the effects of nonhysteretic, low order nonlinearities. Here we focus mainly on transfer curves with “kinks” and open loops
Keywords :
giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; magnetic sensors; magnetoresistive devices; GMR sensor; field-voltage transfer curve; kink; magnetic read head; nonlinearity; open loop; soft error rate; Degradation; Error analysis; Magnetic flux; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetic sensors; Magnetization; Pulse shaping methods; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Shape; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
