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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1998
Kiyoshi Sato, Niigata-ken, JP;
Naohiro Ishibashi, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a combination read/write thin film magnetic head comprising the steps of: forming a nonmagnetic material layer on a lower-core layer and forming an upper-core layer having a width smaller than that of the lower-core layer on the nonmagnetic material layer; leaving the section of said nonmagnetic material layer sandwiched between the lower-core layer and the upper-core layer as a gap layer and removing the nonmagnetic material layer not covered by the upper-core layer, said step for removing said nonmagnetic material being performed by an anisotropic plasma etching process using a CF,based gas; trimming both ends of the facing surfaces, to be in contact with said gap layer, of the lower-core layer so as to equalize the width of the facing surface with the width of the upper-core layer, and forming a prominence above the lower-core layer facing the upper-core layer through the gap layer; and forming grades on both upper surfaces of the lower-core layer extending from the base ends of the prominence in the direction away from the upper-core layer.