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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Susumu Hashimoto, Ebina, JP;
Michiko Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohiko Nagata, Yokohama, JP;
Kohichi Tateyama, Ichikawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takeo Sakakubo, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Yoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Akio Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Koizumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a magnetic head which includes a lower write pole having a projection, an upper write pole having a projection opposed to the projection of the lower write pole, and a magnetic gap interposed between the projection of the upper write pole and the projection of the upper write pole, comprising: a first step of making the magnetic gap on the projection of the lower write pole; a second step of making a non-magnetic material layer on the lower write pole, the non-magnetic material layer having a projection on its top surface in positional alignment with the projection of the lower write pole; a third step of making a mask layer on the non-magnetic material layer, the mask layer having an opening in which the top surface of the projection of the non-magnetic material layer is exposed; a fourth step of making a curved recess in the non-magnetic material layer by isotropically etching the non-magnetic material layer through the opening of the mask layer; a fifth step of making an approximately tapered recess down from the bottom of the curved recess by anisotropically etching the non-magnetic material layer through the opening of the mask layer; and a sixth step of making the upper write pole by burying a magnetic material in the tapered recess and the curved recess is provided.