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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1981
Houshang Rasekhi, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Alfred M Nelson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating from a single piece of copper foil the extremely fragile recording element structure of a multi-channel magnetic recording head having a linear array of bi-metal recording elements, in which the elements are comprised of elongated substantially parallel finger portions terminating in a common return, with each having a minutely thinned down recording zone. For high resolution recording head structures, the dimensions of the elements at the recording zone may typically be as thin as 0.1.times.10.sup.-3 inches with a width of 1.5.times.10.sup.-3 inches and length of 3.5.times.10.sup.-3 inches, where the total length of the recording elements may nevertheless be as long as three inches. The process comprises an etching technique and the application of one or more supports at appropriate times in the fabrication to protect the structure at its most vulnerable times. Full masking and deposition of bi-metal layer areas is accomplished prior to any etching steps to avoid, for example, having to re-register the recording element design on one side of the copper foil relative to the other.