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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Nozomu Hachisuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Hachisuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a multichannel thin-film magnetic head having a plurality of read head elements neighboring with each other, each of which includes shield layers having a desired stable magnetic-domain structure. The head comprises at least one read head part comprising a plurality of read head elements aligned in the track width direction, wherein each of the plurality of read head elements comprises a lower shield layer and an upper shield layer, and the at least one read head part comprises: a lower shield part comprising a plurality of the lower shield layers aligned in the track width direction; and an upper shield part comprising a plurality of the upper shield layers aligned in the track width direction, and wherein dummy shield layers are provided respectively on both sides of at least the lower shield part.