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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Kiyoshi Sato, Niigata-ken, JP;
Naohiro Ishibashi, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A combination read/write thin film magnetic head includes an upper-core layer and a lower-core layer sandwiching a gap layer for writing data on a recording medium. The head also includes a magnetoresistive sensor layer for reading data from the recording medium. The magnetoresistive sensor layer is sandwiched by a lower-shielding layer and the lower-core layers, which also serves as an upper shielding layer. Each of the layers is arranged in parallel to one another. The width of the upper-core layer defines the width of a recording track. The width of the gap layer is made equal in length to the width of the upper-core layer to reduce magnetic leakage outside the recording track at the gap layer. The lower-core layer includes a prominence and a lower-core body. The prominence is made narrower to reduce magnetic leakage outside the recording track between the upper-core layer and the prominence. The lower-core body has slanted surfaces extending away from the upper-core layer. The slanted surface reduce magnetic leakage outside the recording track between the upper-core layer and the lower-core body.