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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Shigekazu Ohtomo, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Fukui, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshimi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a thin film magnetic head suitable for high density recording having a small erase band ΔE and a small fringe magnetic field, and a large recording magnetic field. In one embodiment, a width LW of a lower magnetic pole piece protuberance of a leading side magnetic pole piece, at a face in contact with a write gap layer, is made smaller than a width TW of an upper magnetic pole piece front layer of a trailing side magnetic pole piece, at a face in contact with the write gap layer, and the width of the lower magnetic pole piece protuberance adjacent to the write gap layer is made larger, in a direction from the write gap layer.