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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 5/255 ; G11B 5/31 ; G11B 2/121 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 5/255 ; G11B 5/31 ; G11B 2/121 ;
Abstract
An improved magnetic head includes a slider and a thin film element, the later of which is provided on a trailing side of the slider. The slider has core layers. The surfaces of the core layers are abraded so that the thickness of an &agr; phase constituting the, surface structures of the core layers may be reduced to a very small value. In this way, even if a carbon film is directly formed on the core layers, it is still possible to ensure a desired diffusion between the carbon film and the &agr; phase, which effectively prevents the carbon film from separation (peeling) and avoiding the formation of any spot on the carbon film.