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Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method of the head

US6178065A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1998
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/313
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin film magnetic head has a recording gap layer made of a nonmagnetic material, lower and upper magnetic pole layers made of a magnetic material, the lower and upper magnetic pole layers sandwiching the recording gap layer, and a magnetic material side layer deposited via a nonmagnetic material side layer on at least a part of a side surface of at least the upper magnetic pole layer.

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