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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Kazuhiro Nakamoto, Odawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Hoshiya, Odawara, JP;
Chiaki Ishikawa, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording head includes an upper shield layer, a lower shield layer, a magnetoresistive film interposed between the upper shield layer and the lower shield layer, and a pair of leads electrically coupled to the magnetoresistive film, in which a pair of side shield layers constituted by portions of the upper shield layer is formed on both sides of the magnetoresistive film, and a spacing between each side shield layer and the magnetoresistive film is formed to be narrower than twice of a spacing between the upper shield layer and the lower shield layer, thereby a side reading amount can be made smaller than a conventional side reading value determined from the spacing between the upper and lower shield layers and a magnetic spacing between the head and a medium.