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5F092 | HALL/MR ELEMENTS | |
H01L27/22 ;29/82-29/82@Z;43/00-43/14 |
H01L27/22;29/82-29/82@Z;43/00-43/14 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE OR EFFECT |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
. High sensitisation | . High-powered | . Accelerating | . Reduced power consumption | . Signal-to-noise (SN) ratio enhancement | . Element life extension | . Enhancement of environmental resistivity | . . Enhancement of heat resistance or temperature characteristics | . . Enhancement of mechanical strength | . . Enhancement of voltage-resistance | |||
AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA20 | |||||||
. Improvement of manufacturing processes | . Micronisation | . Three-dimentionalisation | . Compensation of offsets | . Stabilisation of operation including reduction of variations | . Others * | |||||||
AB | AB00 APPLICATION |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB09 | AB10 | ||
. Magnetic sensors | . Magnetic heads | . . Shield types | . . Yoke types including flux guide types | . MRAMs | . . Matrix types | . . having selection transistors | . RRAMs | . Others * | ||||
AC | AC00 TYPE OF ELEMENT |
AC01 | AC02 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | ||||
. Magnetic impedance elements or MI elements | . Hall effect elements | . Magnetoresistance effect elements or MR elements | . . Anisotropic magnetoresistance effect elements (AMR) | . . Giant magnetoresistance effect elements (GMR) | . . . Artificial lattice types | . . . Spin valve types | ||||||
AC11 | AC12 | AC14 | AC15 | AC17 | ||||||||
. . Tunnel magnetoresistance effect elements (TMR) | . . . Spin valve types | . . Colossal magnetoresistance effect elements (CMR) | . . Ballistic magnetoresistance effect elements (BMR) | . SMD or SMT | ||||||||
AC21 | AC22 | AC23 | AC24 | AC25 | AC26 | AC30 | ||||||
. Spin elements | . . Spin transistors | . . . Bipolar types | . . . Field-effect transistor types or FET types | . . Spin supply elements | . . Spin Hall effect elements | . Others * | ||||||
AD | AD00 CHARACTERISED BY ACTION OF ELEMENT |
AD01 | AD02 | AD03 | AD04 | AD05 | AD06 | AD07 | AD08 | |||
. characterised by applied currents or voltages | . . characterised by directions of detection currents | . . . vertical to main surfaces of substrates or film surfaces including CPP elements | . . . . applying magnetic fields vertically to substrates | . . . . applying magnetic fields horizontally to substrates | . . . parallel to main surfaces of substrates or film surfaces including CIP | . . . . applying magnetic fields vertically to substrates | . . . . applying magnetic fields horizontally to substrates | |||||
AD12 | AD13 | |||||||||||
. . characterised by other than directions of detection currents | . . . characterised by applied voltages | |||||||||||
AD21 | AD22 | AD23 | AD24 | AD25 | AD26 | AD28 | AD30 | |||||
. characterised by magnetisation | . . characterised by directions of magnetisation | . . . using vertical magnetisation | . . characterised by methods for controlling magnetisation directions | . . . reversing magnetisation by spin injection | . . . moving magnetic domain walls by currents | . characterised by application timing | . Others * | |||||
BA | BA00 HALL ELEMENT |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | |||
. Materials of Hall elements | . . Magneto-sensitive units | . . . Silicon (Si) | . . . Germanium (Ge) | . . . Compound semiconductors | . . . . Binaries | . . . . Ternaries | . . . . Quaternaries or higher compounds | |||||
BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA19 | BA20 | ||||
. . Substrates | . . . Silicon (Si) | . . . . Silicon on insulators or SOIs | . . . Germanium (Ge) | . . . Compound semiconductors | . . . Insulators | . . . Magnetic bodies | . . Electrodes | . . Protective layers | ||||
BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA25 | |||||||||
. Plane shapes in operation units of Hall elements | . . Cruciforms | . . Square | . Cross-sectional shapes in operation units of Hall elements | |||||||||
BA31 | BA32 | BA33 | BA34 | BA35 | BA37 | BA40 | ||||||
. Structures of Hall elements | . . Thin film types | . . . Layered structures | . . . . Buffer layers | . . . . Two-dimensional electrons | . . Bulk types | . Others * | ||||||
BB | BB00 MATERIAL OF MR ELEMENT |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | ||
. Substrates | . . Magnetic bodies | . . Conductors | . . Semiconductors | . . Insulators | . . Organic materials | . Base layers including seed layers or the like | . . Magnetic bodies | . . Conductors | ||||
BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | ||||
. . Semiconductors | . . Insulators | . . Organic materials | . Layers to fix magnetisation of fixed layers | . . Antiferromagnetic layers | . . . Alloys containing manganese (Mn) | . . . Oxides | . . . Semiconductors | . . . Organic materials | ||||
BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | BB27 | BB29 | BB30 | ||||
. Fixed layers | . . Alloys or elementary metals of only iron (Fe) cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) | . . Alloys of irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) and other metals | . . Alloys excluding irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) | . . Oxides | . . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | . Intermediate layers | . . Conductors | ||||
BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | BB35 | BB36 | BB37 | BB38 | BB39 | BB40 | |||
. . . Elementary metals e.g. copper (Cu) aluminium (Al) or silver (Ag) | . . . Alloys | . . Insulators | . . . Oxides | . . . . Aluminium oxide (Al2O3) | . . . . Magnesium oxide (MgO) | . . . . Silicon oxide (SiO2) | . . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | . . Magnetic bodies | |||
BB41 | BB42 | BB43 | BB44 | BB45 | BB46 | BB47 | BB49 | |||||
. Free layers including magneto-sensitive layers | . . Alloys or elementary metals of only iron (Fe) cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) | . . Alloys of irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) and other metals | . . Alloys excluding irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) | . . Oxides | . . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | . Specular reflection layers | |||||
BB51 | BB53 | BB55 | BB57 | BB58 | BB59 | BB60 | ||||||
. Spin filter layers | . Protective layers including cap layers or the like | . Electrodes | . Base layers for controlling magnetic domains or vertical biases | . . Magnetic bodies | . . Conductors | . . Insulators | ||||||
BB61 | BB62 | BB64 | BB65 | BB66 | BB67 | BB68 | BB69 | BB70 | ||||
. . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | . Layers for controlling magnetic domains or vertical bias layers | . . Alloys or elementary metals of only iron (Fe) cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) | . . Alloys of irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) and other metals | . . Alloys excluding irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) | . . Oxides | . . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | ||||
BB71 | BB73 | BB74 | BB75 | BB76 | BB77 | BB78 | BB79 | |||||
. . Antiferromagnetic materials | . Bias layers or lateral bias layers | . . Alloys or elementary metals of only iron (Fe) cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) | . . Alloys of irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) and other metals | . . Alloys excluding irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) | . . Oxides | . . Semiconductors | . . Organic materials | |||||
BB81 | BB82 | BB90 | ||||||||||
. Interlayer insulating films | . . Silicon dioxide (SiO2) | . Others * | ||||||||||
BC | BC00 STRUCTURE OR SHAPE OF MR ELEMENT |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC06 | BC07 | BC08 | BC09 | BC10 | ||
. characterised by layered structures | . . Sequence of stacking layers for forming MR elements | . . . Fixed layers being above free layers | . . . Free layers being above fixed layers | . . Layered ferrimagnetism | . . . Fixed layers | . . . Free layers including magneto-sensitive layers | . . . Layers for controlling magnetic domains or vertical bias layers | . . . Bias layers or lateral bias layers | ||||
BC11 | BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | BC15 | BC16 | BC17 | BC18 | BC19 | BC20 | |||
. . Particular layers having layered structures excluding layered ferrimagnetism | . . . Fixed layers | . . . Free layers including magneto-sensitive layers | . . . Intermediate layers | . . . Layers for controlling magnetic domains or vertical bias layers | . . . Bias layers or lateral bias layers | . . . Layers to fix magnetisation of fixed layers | . . . Base layers | . . . Individual layers of layered ferrimagnetism | . . . Spin filter layers or specular reflective layers | |||
BC22 | ||||||||||||
. . . Protective layers including cap layers or the like | ||||||||||||
BC31 | BC32 | BC33 | BC34 | BC35 | BC36 | BC38 | BC39 | BC40 | ||||
. Granular structures | . . Fixed layers | . . Free layers including magneto-sensitive layers | . . Intermediate layers | . . Layers for controlling magnetic domains or vertical bias layers | . . Bias layers or lateral bias layers | . . Matrix being conductors | . . Matrix being insulators | . . Matrix being semiconductors | ||||
BC41 | BC42 | BC43 | BC45 | BC46 | BC47 | BC48 | BC50 | |||||
. characterised by shapes of operation units of MR elements | . . Plane shapes | . . Cross-sectional shapes | . stacking a plurality of elements e.g. dual spin valves | . . sharing free layers | . . without sharing free layers | . . Three or more elements being stacked | . Others * | |||||
BD | BD00 ELEMENT OTHER THAN HALL ELEMENT OR MR ELEMENT |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD08 | |||
. Materials | . . Magnetic bodies | . . . Alloys or elementary metals of only iron (Fe) cobalt (Co) or nickel (Ni) | . . . Alloys of irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) and other metals | . . . Alloys excluding irons (Fe) cobalts (Co) or nickels (Ni) | . . . Oxides | . . . Semiconductors | . . . Organic materials | |||||
BD12 | BD13 | BD14 | BD15 | BD16 | BD18 | BD19 | BD20 | |||||
. . Non-magnetic bodies | . . . Conductors | . . . Insulators | . . . Semiconductors | . . . Organic materials | . characterised by shapes | . . Plane shapes | . . Cross-sectional shapes | |||||
BD21 | BD22 | BD23 | BD24 | BD25 | BD26 | BD30 | ||||||
. characterised by structures | . . Substrates | . . Operation layers | . . Electrodes | . . Protective layers | . . Interlayer insulating films | . Others * | ||||||
BE | BE00 FEATURE COMMON TO EACH ELEMENT |
BE01 | BE02 | BE03 | BE04 | BE05 | BE06 | |||||
. Crystalline states of layers forming elements | . . Single crystals | . . Polycrystals | . . Microcrystals | . . Mixed crystals | . . Amorphous | |||||||
BE11 | BE12 | BE13 | BE14 | BE15 | ||||||||
. Crystals of layers forming elements | . . Tetragonal crystals | . . Cubic crystals | . . Hexagonal closest-packed structures | . . Perovskite structures | ||||||||
BE21 | BE23 | BE24 | BE25 | BE27 | BE30 | |||||||
. characterised by crystal orientation | . characterised by compositions of materials | . . with numerical limitation | . . having features in additive elements | . characterised by film thickness | . Others * | |||||||
CA | CA00 PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | |||
. Film forming | . . Physical vapour deposition (PVD) | . . Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) | . . Coating processes | . Patterning | . . Exposure | . . Etching | . . . Ion milling | |||||
CA11 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA17 | CA19 | CA20 | ||||||
. Impurity injection | . Oxidation treatment | . . Natural oxidation | . . Plasma oxidation | . Nitriding treatment | . Flattening processing | . . Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) | ||||||
CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA25 | CA26 | CA28 | |||||||
. Magnetising treatment | . . simultaneously with film forming | . . performed after film-forming | . Heat treatment | . . for regulating | . Alignment | |||||||
CA31 | CA35 | CA40 | ||||||||||
. characterised by simultaneous formation | . Subsequent processes | . Others * | ||||||||||
DA | DA00 CIRCUITRY |
DA01 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA10 | |||
. characterised by circuit arrangements in elements | . characterised by peripheral circuits | . . Drive circuits | . . Temperature compensation circuits | . . Comparison circuits | . . Amplifier circuits | . . A/D converter circuits | . Others * | |||||
EA | EA00 INTEGRATION OR LAYOUT |
EA01 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA10 | ||||
. characterised by layouts | . integrated on one chip with other elements | . . Diodes | . . Transistors | . . Resistors capacitors or the like | . . Coils | . Others * | ||||||
FA | FA00 MOUNTING |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | ||
. Mounts | . Leads | . Bonding pads | . Packaging | . . Mould types | . . Cap types | . having magnetism collecting members or bias magnets | . having magnetic shield members | . Others * | ||||
GA | GA00 OTHER |
GA01 | GA03 | GA05 | GA10 | |||||||
. Testing or measuring | . Simulation | . Manufacturing equipment | . Others * |