Hgst Netherlands, B.v.

Valeri Synogatch

Wen-Chien David Hsiao

Yi Zheng

Sue Siyang Zhang

Yuming Zhou

Shiwen Huang

Edward H P Lee

In one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a main pole having a trapezoidal cross-section at a media-facing surface thereof and a flared shape with a greater width in a cross-track direction at positions away from the media-facing surface, a leading shield positioned near a leading side of the main pole, wherein a leading gap is provided between the main pole and the leading shield, side shields positioned on both sides of the main pole in the cross-track direction adjacent the media-facing surface of the main pole, with side gaps provided between the main pole and both of the side shields, and a trailing gap provided on a trailing side of the main pole at the media-facing surface thereof, with a throat height of the side shields being less than the throat height of the side shields at a position closer to the trailing gap than the leading gap.

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