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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Jinqiu Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Tsung Yuan Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven C. Rudy, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinqiu Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Tsung Yuan Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven C. Rudy, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a stop layer; providing an insulating layer over the stop layer; forming a pole trench in the insulating layer by performing a reactive ion etching (RIE) process in the insulating layer over the stop layer; forming an electronic lapping guide (ELG) in the insulating layer by performing the RIE process in the insulating layer over the stop layer; and providing a PMR pole in which at least a portion of the PMR pole resides in the pole trench.
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