Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Hgst Netherlands, B.v.

Gen Oikawa

Kazue Kudo

Hiromi Shiina

Noriyuki Saiki

Yohji Maruyama

Moriaki Fuyama

Yasuyuki Okada

Tetsuya Okai

Ichiro Oodake

Youji Maruyama

Nobuo Yoshida

Takashi Kawabe

Makoto Morijiri

Yuhsuke Matsumoto

Atsushi Kato

Shuichi Kojima

Harunobu Saito

Shouji Tokutake

Masahiko Soga

Hiroshi Umezaki

Masayasu Kagawa

Seiji Nakagawa

Akira Kondo

Kenji Ishikake

Yoshihisa Takeo

Hiroshi Kamio

Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head including a coil having small resistance. According to one embodiment, a nonmagnetic insulating layer formed on a main magnetic pole and a magnetic yoke are etched to form a recessed portion. The thickness of a conductive layer is increased by the depth of the recessed portion in a process for forming the conductive layer of the upper coil on the recessed portion to reduce resistance of the coil. Simultaneously with the formation of the recessed portion, a part of a second layer of a connection tab is removed. Simultaneously with the formation of the conductive layer of the upper coil, a space in which the part of the second layer of the connection tab is removed is filled with the same material as that of the conductive layer to further reduce the resistance of the entire coil.

Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method for manufacturing the same

A perpendicular magnetic recording head according to one embodiment includes a main pole; first magnetic films arranged on both sides of the main pole in a track width direction via nonmagnetic films; and a second magnetic film arranged on a trailing side of the main pole via a nonmagnetic film; wherein the depths of the first magnetic films from an air bearing surface are smaller than the depth of the second magnetic film from the air bearing surface at least at a periphery of the main pole. A perpendicular magnetic recording head according to another embodiment includes a main pole; first magnetic films arranged on both sides of the main pole in a track width direction via nonmagnetic films; and a second magnetic film arranged on a trailing side of the main pole via a nonmagnetic film; wherein the main pole and the first magnetic films have respective tapered portions whose thicknesses become larger toward the side opposite to an air bearing surface, and the tapered portions are in contact with the second magnetic film. Additional embodiments are also presented.

Perpendicular magnetic recording head having a main pole and first and second magnetic films peripheral to the main pole and having different depths from an air bearing surface

Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic slider of which terminals have a sufficiently large process margin for the laser condition in the SBB process. According to one embodiment, a magnetic slider comprises: a read element and a write element; plural wiring lines which are connected to the read element and the write element; a protective film which covers the read element, the write element and the plural-wiring lines; plural slider pads formed on the protective film; and plural studs which respectively connect the slider pads and the wiring lines and are covered by the protective film, wherein each of the slider pads comprises a chromium film, a nickel iron film and a gold film, the nickel iron film is formed between the chromium film and the gold film, and the chromium film is formed between the nickel iron film and one of the studs and is in contact with the protective film.

Magnetic slider, head gimbal assembly and method for manufacturing the same

Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of writing a signal in a track having a small width. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes an auxiliary pole, a main pole, a yoke, a coil, a first soft magnetic film and a second soft magnetic film. The yoke is in contact with the main pole. The coil is wound around a magnetic circuit composed of the auxiliary and main poles and the yoke. The first soft magnetic film is provided on both sides of the main pole with a non-magnetic film provided between the first soft magnetic film and the main pole. The second soft magnetic film is provided on the trailing side of the main pole with the non-magnetic film provided between the second soft magnetic film and the main pole. The first and second soft magnetic films are two types of plated magnetic films. One type of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective body centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The other types of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective face centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The two types of the plated magnetic films are alternately laminated with four or more layers. This can achieve the magnetic disk drive capable of reducing a possibility to erroneously delete a signal after the signal being written and preventing degradation of characteristics of a high frequency signal.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic shield composed of size-controlled small crystal grains and provide a more after-write read noise free thin film magnetic head. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an upper magnetic shield uses a multi-layered magnetic film formed by alternately stacking a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystalline magnetic thin layer and a body-centered cubic (bcc) crystalline magnetic thin layer by plating. The plating bath is such that the temperature is 30&#xb1;1&#xb0; C., pH is about 2.0&#x2212;1.0 to 2.0+0.5, metal ion concentrations are about 5 to 25 (g/l) for Niand 5 to 15 (g/l) for Fe, saccharin sodium concentration is about 1.5&#xb1;1.0 (g/l), sodium chloride concentration is about 25&#xb1;5 (g/l), and boric acid concentration is about 25&#xb1;5 (g/l). Each layer's crystal structure is different from that of its upper and lower layers, which results in size-controlled small crystal grains since the epitaxial growth is broken. Since crystal grains are reduced in size, it is possible to suppress the after-write read noise and therefore attain a read head which allows recording at higher frequencies.

Magnetic shield, manufacturing method thereof and thin film magnetic head employing the same

Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic disk drive capable of allowing higher data transfer rates and higher recording densities. According to one embodiment, an upper magnetic core and lower magnetic core comprise a multi-layered magnetic film formed by alternately stacking a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystalline magnetic thin layer and a body-centered cubic (bcc) crystalline magnetic thin layer by plating. The plating bath is such that the temperature is about 30&#xb1;1&#xb0; C., pH is about 2.0&#x2212;1.0 to 2.0+0.5, metal ion concentrations are about 5 to 25 (g/l) for Ni2+ and 5 to 15 (g/l) for Fe2+, saccharin sodium concentration is about 1.5&#xb1;1.0 (g/l), sodium chloride concentration is about 25&#xb1;5 (g/l), and boric acid concentration is about 25&#xb1;5 (g/l). Since each layer's crystal structure is different from that of its adjacent lower layer, epitaxial growth is broken within each layer. Thus, since crystal grains are reduced in size, it is possible to lessen the decrease of the permeability &#x3bc; at higher frequencies.

Magnetic film, manufacturing method thereof and thin film magnetic head

Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic film capable of providing a higher saturation magnetic flux density as compared with the conventional one, a process of forming the magnetic film, a thin film magnetic head that makes use of the magnetic film, and a magnetic disk drive having this thin film magnetic head. In one embodiment, a magnetic film contains Co, Ni, and Fe, and its composition is such that 10&#x2266;Co&#x3c;20 wt %, 0&#x2266;Ni&#x2266;2 wt %, and 80&#x3c;Fe&#x2266;90 wt %. This magnetic film is a plating layer formed by electroplating. The face interval variation of crystal surface perpendicular to the layer surface relative to a crystal surface parallel to the layer surface is about 0.4% or more, whereby the saturation magnetic flux density (Bs) is greater than about 2.4 T.

Thin film magnetic head with layer having high saturation magnetic flux density, and magnetic storage apparatus

Embodiments of the invention provide a lustrous and uniform plating film having high-performance magnetic characteristics and a thin film magnetic head usable in a high frequency recording band by using the plating film of the invention at a magnetic pole portion. Plating is performed in a plating bath at a low pH of about 1.5 to 2.3. The accuracy of pH control is improved. A magnetic film with the addition of a high resistive metal such as Cr or Mo is formed under the plating condition. Further, the magnetic characteristic is improved by applying a heat treatment to the plating film in a magnetic field, according to specific embodiments of the present invention. A plating film with brightness and uniformity having high saturation magnetic flux density can be formed by reducing the hysteresis loss and the eddy current loss as the magnetic characteristics by the above techniques.

Thin film magnetic head with high Fe alloy plating film and manufacturing method thereof

At least one of lower and upper magnetic cores is composed of magnetic films each of which contains two or more elements of Co, Ni, and Fe, which are formed by electroplating in a plating bath with pH 2 or less, and which have a saturation magnetic flux density of 23,000 gauss or more.

Magnetic head and method for production therefor

A magnetic film capable of generating strong magnetic fields even in a high frequency region, a manufacturing method therefore and a thin film magnetic head capable of recording even in a high frequency region are provided. In one embodiment, the magnetic film is manufactured by using a 88FeNi film of 200 nm thick having minimum Hk of 0.32 Oe (25.6 A/m) as a main magnetic film and selecting a 20 wt % FeNi film of a similar FeNi alloy plating film having low Hk and low Hc as an interlayer material. A stacked film comprising (88FeNi/20FeNi)&#xd7;10 layers is prepared so that the total thickness of the main magnetic film is 2 &#x3bc;m. The 88FeNi film is prepared by application of a DC current in a 88FeNi plating bath, and the 20FeNi film is prepared by pulse plating successively in the same bath.

Magnetic thin film head

In formation of an upper shield of a magnetic thin film head by electroplating, a current density of electroplating is regulated stepwise with time. Thus, in the upper shield formation, a film composition and magnetic characteristic with respect to the direction of film thickness can be controlled precisely, making it possible to provide a magnetic thin film head featuring significantly reduced noise-after-write and output fluctuation.

Magnetic thin film head, the fabrication method, and magnetic disk

Magnetic head utilizing a CoNiFe alloy with 60-80 weight percent Fe and method for production therefor

A material for magnetic pole for attaining a writing head generating an intense recording magnetic field, and a structure and a manufacturing method therefor. The thin film magnetic head includes a magnetic pole layer having a plated magnetic layer containing Co, Ni and Fe formed on a plated underlayer of a sputtered magnetic layer containing Co, Ni and Fe. The CoNiFe magnetic layer having a composition: 40 wt %&#x2266;Co&#x2266;70 wt %, 10 wt %&#x2266;Ni&#x2266;25 wt % and 10 wt %&#x2266;Fe&#x2266;30 wt % and a peak intensity ratio in the X-ray diffraction of I(200)/I(111)&#x2267;0.5 and I(110)/I(111)&#x2267;1 (defining peak intensities for the face-centered cubic fcc (111) face, fcc (200) face and the body-centered cubic bcc (119) face as: I(111), I(200), I(110)).

Structure and plating method of thin film magnetic head and magnetic storage apparatus

A thin film magnetic head includes a lower magnetic pole, an upper magnetic pole provided so as to face the lower magnetic pole, and a magnetic gap layer provided between the lower magnetic pole and the upper magnetic pole. The upper magnetic pole constitutes a first magnetic layer formed on a side facing the magnetic gap layer by means of sputtering and a second magnetic layer formed on the first magnetic layer by means of plating, in which the saturation magnetic flux density of the first magnetic layer is set higher than that of the second magnetic layer. The thin film magnetic head composed as above is capable of generating a stronger magnetic field owing to its stably-formed magnetic core, thereby recording on a high-coercivity medium and high-density recording are made possible.

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic storage apparatus

A material for magnetic pole for attaining a writing head generating an intense recording magnetic field, and a structure and a manufacturing method therefor. The thin film magnetic head includes a magnetic pole layer having a plated magnetic layer containing Co, Ni and Fe formed on a plated underlayer of a sputtered magnetic layer containing Co, Ni and Fe. The CoNiFe magnetic layer having a composition: 40 wt %&lE;Co&lE;70 wt %, 10 wt %&lE;Ni&lE;25 wt % and 10 wt %&lE;Fe&lE;30 wt % and a peak intensity ratio in the X-ray diffraction of I(200)/I(111)&gE;0.5 and I(110)/I(111)&gE;1 (defining peak intensities for the face-centered cubic fcc (111) face, fcc (200) face and the body-centered cubic bcc (119) face as: I(111), I(200), I(110)).

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