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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011

Filed:

May. 28, 2009
Applicants:

Isamu Toba, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Koichi Otani, Tokyo, JP;

Takamitsu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Isamu Toba, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Koichi Otani, Tokyo, JP;

Takamitsu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A testing method of a wafer provided with a plurality of thin-film magnetic heads is provided. Each of the plurality of thin-film magnetic heads includes a main pole layer, a first test pad formed on the wafer and electrically connected with an extended top end section of the main pole layer and a second test pad formed on the wafer and electrically connected with a back end section of the main pole layer. The testing method includes a step of measuring an electrical resistance between the first test pad and the second test pad, a step of judging whether the measured electrical resistance is within a set range, and a step of discriminating that the thin-film magnetic head is a non-defective product when the measured electrical resistance is within the set range.


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