A magnetoresistive sensor having a novel seed layer that allows a bias layer formed there over to have exceptional hard magnetic properties when deposited over a crystalline structure such as an AFM layer in a partial mill sensor design. The seed layer structure includes alternating layers of Ru and Si and a layer of CrMo formed thereover. The seed layer interrupts the epitaxial growth of an underlying crystalline structure, allowing a hard magnetic material formed over the seed layer to have a desired grain structure that is different from that of the underlying crystalline layer. The seed layer is also resistant to corrosion, providing improved sense current conduction to the sensor.

 
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