JP4846773B2 - 薄膜磁気ヘッド - Google Patents
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Description
25…記録ギャップ層、40…薄膜磁気ヘッド、50…残余領域、116…薄膜コイル、111,113,115…第2導体部、112,114…第1導体部
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- エアベアリング面の側に互いに対向する対向磁極部を有し、磁気的に連結された第1磁極層および第2磁極層と、前記各対向磁極部の間に形成された記録ギャップ層と、前記第1磁極層および第2磁極層に対して絶縁され、渦巻き状に形成された薄膜コイルとが基板上に前記第1磁極層が前記第2磁極層よりも前記基板に近い位置に配置されるようにして積層された構成を有し、
前記薄膜コイルは、前記第1磁極層と前記第2磁極層との間に配置され、かつ前記エアベアリング面からの距離が異なる位置に配置されている第1導体部と第2導体部とを有し、
前記第1磁極層と前記第1導体部との間に前記第2導体部が配置され、かつ前記第1磁極層および前記第1導体部と、前記第2導体部とが分離用絶縁膜を介して接触し、
前記第1磁極層は、トラック幅方向の両側を除去した残りの残余領域を対象とするエッチングによってトラック幅方向の幅が狭小にされた前記対向磁極部と、前記エアベアリング面からの奥行きが前記対向磁極部よりも大きく形成され、かつ前記薄膜コイルよりも前記記録ギャップ層に近くて前記対向磁極部よりも前記基板に近い位置に配置され、さらに前記対向磁極部に応じた幅を有して前記対向磁極部に接する部分が前記エアベアリング面の側に形成され、前記部分から前記基板に近づくにしたがいトラック幅方向の幅が漸次広がる部分が前記エアベアリング面の側に形成されている磁極部とを有し、
前記磁極部、前記対向磁極部および前記記録ギャップ層が順に重なりかつ等しいトラック幅に形成され、
2つの膜が重なって前記磁極部と等しい厚さに形成されている絶縁膜と、
前記対向磁極部と等しい厚さを有し、かつ平坦に形成され、前記絶縁膜と前記記録ギャップ層との間に配置されている絶縁層とを有し、前記絶縁膜と前記絶縁層とが直に接していることを特徴とする薄膜磁気ヘッド。 - 前記薄膜コイルは、前記第1磁極層と前記第1導体部との間に前記分離用絶縁膜を介して前記第2導体部が埋められた構成を有することを特徴とする請求項1記載の薄膜磁気ヘッド。
- 前記分離用絶縁膜は、前記第1磁極層と前記第1導体部との間において、前記第2導体部の底面の部分と側面の部分とに接触していることを特徴とする請求項1または2記載の薄膜磁気ヘッド。
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