Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Kousou Ishihara

Hiroyuki Okuda

Takashi Ogura

Kazuo Ino

Yoshiaki Shimizu

Hiroyuki Ohno

Takahiro Ogawa

Yutaka Ueta

Atsushi Furuzawa

Takao Yamano

Yoshifumi Fukumoto

Toshinori Urano

Kazuhiro Koga

Kiyotaka Itou

A magnetic head comprises a first abutting segment formed with a winding groove having an open side, and a second abutting segment opposed to the open side of the groove and joined to the first segment. The first abutting segment comprises a first core segment having the groove, and gap spacers and second ferromagnetic thin films formed on the surface thereof opposed to the second segment and positioned above and below the groove. The first core segment comprises a core segment member made of a ferromagnetic material, formed with the groove and having a first ferromagnetic thin film which is formed on the surface thereof opposed to the second abutting segment and which is positioned toward the face of the head to be opposed to recording media. The second abutting segment has a face to be opposed to the recording medium and formed by a nonmagnetic material.

Magnetic head for magnetic recording and reproduction

A magnetic head comprises a pair of magnetic core halves, heat-resistant thin films and ferromagnetic thin films, the pair of magnetic core halves being opposed to each other through a non-magnetic material such as SiO.sub.2 to form a magnetic gap. The magnetic core halves are made of a ferromagnetic oxide such as ferrite and have gap forming faces to be opposed to each other to form the magnetic gap. The gap forming faces are etched by phosphoric acid solution and then purified by reverse sputtering, so that a grown crystal of the ferromagnetic oxide is exposed on the gap forming faces. A heat-resistant thin film of a heat-resistant material such as SiO.sub.2 is formed on each of the gap forming faces. A ferromagnetic thin film of a ferromagnetic metal material such as sendust is formed on each heat-resistant thin film. Preferably, the thickness of the heat-resistant thin film to be formed is 1 nm or more and one tenth or less of the width of the magnetic gap. For example, SiO.sub.2 films of 5 nm in thickness as the heat-resistant thin films are formed on the respective gap forming faces and sendust films of 3 .mu.m in thickness as the ferromagnetic metal thin films are formed on the respective SiO.sub.2 films. In this case, the gap length of the magnetic gap is set to 0.2 .mu.m.

Magnetic head with suppressed generation of pseudogap

Method of manufacturing a magnetic core half

A magnetic head comprises a pair of magnetic core halves (1a, 1b), which are abutted with each other through a nonmagnetic material to define a magnetic gap (2), and ferromagnetic thin films (3a, 3b). The magnetic core halves (1a, 1b), which are formed of ferromagnetic oxide, have gap forming surfaces to be abutted with each other. The ferromagnetic metal thin films (3a, 3b) are selectively formed on the gap forming surfaces of the pair of magnetic core halves (1a, 1b). A ferromagnetic thin film (3b) is so formed that portion (12b, 12c, 12d) to be provided with a track width regulating groove (13b), a coil groove (13c) or a joining member receiving groove (13d) is exposed within a gap forming surface of one magnetic core half member (7b). Another ferromagnetic thin film (3a) is so formed that, in a gap forming surface of another magnetic core half member (7a), a portion (12e, 12f) opposite to the coil groove (13c) or the joining member receiving groove (13d) to be provided in the gap forming surface of the magnetic core half member (7b) is exposed. These ferromagnetic thin films (3a, 3b) are selectively formed by ion beam etching. Grooves (13b, 13c, 13d) are provided in one magnetic core half (1b) by mechanical working through a dicing saw or the like.

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

A magnetic head comprises a pair of magnetic core halves (1a, 1b), which are abutted with each other through a nonmagnetic material to define a magnetic gap (2), and ferromagnetic thin films (3a, 3b). The magnetic core halves (1a, 1b), which are formed of ferromagnetic oxide, have gap forming surfaces to be abutted with each other. The ferromagnetic metal thin films (3a, 3b) are selectively formed on the gap forming surfaces of the pair of magnetic core halves (1a, 1b). A ferromagnetic thin film (3b) is so formed that portion (12b, 12c, 12d) to be provided with a track width regulating groove (13b), a coil groove (13c) or a joining member receiving groove (13d) is exposed within a gap forming surface of one magnetic core half member (7b). Another ferromagnetic thin film (3a) is so formed that, in a gap forming surface of another magnetic core half member (7a), a portion (12e, 12f) opposite to the coil groove (13c) or the joining member receiving groove (13d) to be provided in the gap forming surface of the magnetic core half member (7b) is exposed. These ferromagnetic thin films (3a, 3b) are selectively formed by ion means beam etching. Grooves (13b, 13c, 13d) are provided in one magnetic core half (1b) by mechanical working through a dicing saw or the like.

Method of manufacturing magnetic heads

Metal-in-gap head with heat resistant layers

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Daitoh, Japan

Kousou Ishihara