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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Akira Ahagon, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Sakaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyasu Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Mitani, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thin film magnetic head that provides, despite a narrow head track width, strong recording magnetic fields and demonstrates a sufficiently high recording capability for the high Hc recording media. The lower magnetic pole is formed with a lower write chip section and a shared shield section, while the upper magnetic pole is formed with an upper write chip section and a yoke section. The lower and upper write chip sections are made of a high Bs magnetic material, the yoke section is made of a high &rgr; magnetic material, and the shared shield section is made of permalloy or the like magnetic material. The upper write chip section is longer than the lower write chip section (which corresponds to the head gap depth); this configuration makes the contact area with the yoke section greater, even if the head track width is narrow, and provides strong recording magnetic fields.