Oliff & Berridge PLC
Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having side shield layer and method of manufacturing same
A magnetic head includes a side shield layer and an encasing layer. The side shield layer has a first end face located in the medium facing surface, a second end face opposite to the first end face, and a first groove accommodating a portion of a pole layer. The first end face includes two portions located on both sides of an end face of the pole layer that are opposite to each other in a track width direction. The encasing layer is formed of a nonmagnetic material and disposed on a side of the side shield layer opposite to a medium facing surface. The encasing layer has a front end face touching the second end face of the side shield layer, and a second groove accommodating another portion of the pole layer. The distance from the medium facing surface to an arbitrary point on the second end face of the side shield layer decreases with decreasing distance from the arbitrary point to the top surface of a substrate.
Headway Technologies, Inc.
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Hiroyuki Takehiro Hironori Shigeki Kazuo Yoshitaka
Ito Horinaka Araki Tanemura Ishizaki Sasaki