This book is aims to be a comprehensive source on the physics and engineering of magneto-resistive heads. Most of the material is presented in a nonmathematical manner to make it more digestible for researchers, students, developers, and engineers.
In addition to revising and updating material available in the first edition, Mallinson has added nine new chapters dealing with various aspects concerning spin valves, the electron spin tunneling effect, the electrostatic discharge effects, read amplifiers, and signal-to-noise ratios, making this a completely up-to-date reference.
The previous edition of Magneto-Resistive Heads was the first volume in the new Academic Press series in Electromagnetism edited by Professor Isaak Mayergoyz, who is a well-recognized expert in the field.

This expanded and updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of magnetic recording. In the six years since the publication of the first edition, the magnetic recording and storage industry has burgeoned with the introduction of a host of new ideas and technologies. This book contains a discussion of almost every technologically important aspect of recording, including such topics as: the fundamental physics and measurements of magnetism and magnetic-materials; current magnetic recording media, including thin film disks and metal evaporated tape; the theory of magnetic recording heads, including magneto-resistive read heads; fabrication methods used on current magnetic heads; the write and read processes; signal to noise ratio; audio, instrumentation and video analog recorders; the fundamentals of digital recording theory; the characteristics of current digital tape and disk computer peripheral recorders; the characteristics of current digital video; the evolution of modulation codes from the beginning to the present; and an outline of the physics, technology and future prospects of optical disk recorders.; The book is written in a non-mathematica