A magnetoresistive head and a fabricating method thereof accomplishing
high read sensitivity and excellent linear response with low noise even
if track width narrowing makes progress are provided. In one embodiment,
using a magnetoresistive film having a laminated body of a pinned
layer/an intermediate layer/a free layer/a separate layer/a first
ferromagnetic layer/a 90-degree magnetic interlayer coupling layer/a
second ferromagnetic layer, and the magnetizations of both the pinned
layer and the second ferromagnetic layer are fixed nearly in the
direction along the sensor height. On the other hand, the magnetizations
of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer have
an interlayer interaction being directed in nearly orthogonal directions
to each other through the 90-degree magnetic interlayer coupling layer,
and the first ferromagnetic layer has a magnetization directed nearly in
the direction along the track width in zero external magnetic field.
According to this, the first ferromagnetic layer applies a longitudinal
biasing field to the free layer nearly in the direction along the track
width.