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Magnetic head having a heating coil

US7593187B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 2006
Grant dateSep 22, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/6011
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic head is composed of a write head which magnetically records information by emitting magnetic flux, which is generated by a write coil, from a magnetic pole unit to a recording medium; and a read head having a reading element which converts record magnetic flux, which is emitted from the recording medium, to an electric signal. In a write coil facing area facing an area in which the thin-film coil pattern of the write coil is disposed, a heater coil which causes a medium facing surface to protrude toward a recording medium side by thermal expansion caused by power distribution and overheating is disposed via an insulating layer. In the heater coil, a wide terminal pattern is disposed outside the write coil facing area, and a heater pattern having a width narrower than the terminal pattern is disposed in the write coil facing area.

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