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Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:

Naoto Matono, Nagano, JP;

Akihiro Oda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoto Matono, Nagano, JP;

Akihiro Oda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a thin film magnetic head capable of inhibiting the occurrence of track erasing and improving the reliability of magnetic recording. Two taper surfaces are disposed on both sides of a return yoke layer. As no corner portion which may induce concentration of a magnetic flux exists on the both sides of the return yoke layer, even if the magnetic flux emitted from a pole layer is returned to the return yoke layer through a hard disk, a magnetic field strength is not locally and pronouncedly concentrated in proximity to the taper surfaces of the return yoke layer. Thereby, the concentration of the magnetic flux can be prevented, and the probability of the occurrence of unnecessary recording decreases, so the occurrence of track erasing can be inhibited, and the reliability of magnetic recording can be improved.


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