Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Hiroyuki Wantanabe

Yutaka Yunoki

Manabu Inoue

A composite magnetic head comprising a read/write head section (6A) wherein a plurality of thin film heads are joined such that respective head gaps (R/W-1, R/W-2, . . . ) are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of tracks (T1, T2, . . . ), and an erase head section (6) wherein a plurality of bulk heads respectively corresponding to the thin film heads are joined such that respective head gaps (E1, E2, . . . ) are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of the tracks (T1, T2, . . . ), wherein the read/write head section (6A) and the erase head section (6B) are joined in the longitudinal direction of the tracks (T1 T.sub.2, . . . ) such that the head gaps (R/W-1) and (E1) and (R/W-2) and (E2) of the respective sections are relatively close to each other. The thin film heads can be replaced with a plurality of bulk heads (60A). A means (SW1-SW4, 77) can be added for two magnetic heads so that a predetermined voltage-divided signal of a read signal of one magnetic head differentially acts on a read signal of the other magnetic head. A step-up transformer (31, 32) can be mounted on a base (7) so as to step up the level of the signal picked up by a head chip (6) mounted on the base (7). A read/write switch circuit (100), a write amplifier (93), and a differential input amplifier (90) can be formed into a hybrid IC and mounted on the base (7).

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroyuki Wantanabe