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Thin-film magnetic head

US4855854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 1988
Grant dateAug 8, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49064
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin-film, perpendicular magnetic head includes a magnetic recording and reproducing substrate having a mechanochemically polished principal surface that includes a plurality of grooves filled with a nonmagnetic material; a thin-film conducting coil located on the polished surface of the substrate; an insulating layer of inorganic oxide covering the conductor coil and the polished principle surface of the magnetic substrate, this insulating layer including a via hole formed therein and having an exposed surface which is mechanochemically polished; a thin-film main pole on the polished surface of the insulating layer; and a protective overcoat covering the main pole.

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