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Method for protecting against corrosion in a GMR sensor by providing a protective coating over an end of a copper layer spaced apart from a detection surface by a specified dimension

US Patent 7827674 · Granted Nov 9, 2010

Estimated economic value: $46,469,000 ⓘ

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