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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Shigekazu Ohtomo, Sayama, JP;
Moriaki Fuyama, Hitachi, JP;
Nobuo Yoshida, Odawara, JP;
Hiroshi Fukui, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lower magnetic pole front end layer is formed on a lower magnetic pole main layer, and a lower magnetic pole projection layer, a recording gap layer and an upper magnetic pole front end layer each having substantially the same planar shape are formed on a planar surface of the lower magnetic pole front end layer. Trimming of a lower electrode is not necessary, and track width accuracy can be drastically improved because a resist frame is formed on the planar surface. A length of the upper magnetic pole front end layer from an air bearing surface to a head rear direction is greater than a length of the lower magnetic pole front end layer, and the rear end portion of the lower magnetic pole front end layer substantially defines a gap depth.