Method of making a head slider
US6088908A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49041
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method for forming a horizontal head slider having a media opposing surface flying above or coming into contact with a recording medium, a film-like surface of a head for recording/reproducing information provided in parallel to the media opposing surface, and a rail portion provided on the media opposing surface for generating a pressure for ensuring stable flying or contact. The rail portion has a planar portion and a taper portion, and all of the shaping accuracy of the bottom surface of the slider and the rail, the adhesive property to a sacrificial layer overlaid thereon and the surface smoothness of the rail surface are enhanced. When the rail portion is formed, a part of mold for the planar portion is prepared by a metallic layer 2 and a mold for the taper portion is prepared by a photoresist layer 3, and a sacrificial layer 4, a media opposing surface layer 6 and a slider body layer 6 are formed thereon in this order.
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