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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Liubo Hong, San Jose, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Zheng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Honglin Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Liubo Hong, San Jose, CA (US);
Aron Pentek, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Zheng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Honglin Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a tapered write pole as well as a leading edge taper, and independent trailing and side magnetic shields. The method allows the write pole to be constructed by a dry process wherein the write pole material is either deposited by a process such as sputter deposition or electrically plated and the write pole shape is defined by masking and ion milling. The write pole has a stepped feature that can either be used to provide increased magnetic spacing between the trailing shield and the write pole at a location slightly recessed from the ABS or can be magnetic material that increases the effective thickness of the write pole at a location slightly recessed from the ABS. A bump structure can be further built over that stepped feature to enhance field gradient as well as reduce trailing shield saturation.