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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Ashok Lahiri, Mainz, DE;
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric James Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashok Lahiri, Mainz, DE;
Edward Hin Pong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric James Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A thin film magnetic head that includes an improved Ppole tip/yoke interface. The process for forming the Ppole tip/yoke interface includes a CMP polishing step that is performed on the surface of the wafer subsequent to the plating of the Ppole tip. This CMP step utilizes a relatively soft polishing pad and an acidic polishing slurry which preferentially attacks the Ppole tip material, such that the CMP step results in the recession of the upper surface of the Ppole tip relative to the dielectric layer surrounding it, as well as the significant rounding of the upper edges of the dielectric trench in which the Ppole tip is formed. Thereafter, when the yoke is plated onto the Ppole tip the rounded upper edges of the dielectric trench result in a concave curved interface between the yoke and the Ppole tip.