US Patent Issued to TDK on Nov. 3 for "Magnetic sensor including a magnetic detection element disposed on an electrode" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,472, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor including a magnetic detection element disposed on an electrode" was invented by Hidekazu Kojima (Tokyo) and Hiromichi Umehara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes a substrate including a top surface; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, the insulating layer including first and second inclined surfaces each inclined with respect to the top surface of the substrate; and an MR element structure. An MR element is disposed on the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface. The MR element includes a bottom surface fac...