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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Kazuhiko Maejima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuya Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiraku Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Matsukuma, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Matono, Sakushi, JP;
Kazuhiko Maejima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuya Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiraku Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Matsukuma, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Matono, Sakushi, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Shatin, N.T., HK;
Abstract
A multi-channel head includes a substrate, a plurality of write elements arranged in a track width direction above the substrate in a lamination direction, and a plurality of read elements arranged in the track width direction above the plurality of write elements in the lamination direction. At least one of the plurality of write elements is offset from the others in the lamination direction. All the plurality of read elements are located higher than an uppermost one of the plurality of write elements in the lamination direction.