In this work, we report a comparative study of the magnetoimpedance in sandwiched films with the structure FS/Cu/FS (SWS) and FM/Cu/FM (SWM) where FS = single-layer FeCuNbSiB and FM = multilayer FeCuNbSiB/Cu. Magnetoimpedance ratios of 250% were obtained for the real part of the impedance in the SWM sample, while variations of 100% were reached for the SWS sample. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.