Magnetic recording head with spin torque oscillator, head gimbal assembly and magnetic recording apparatus

A magnetic recording head, comprising:

• a main magnetic pole that generates a recording magnetic field to be applied to a magnetic recording medium from an end surface which forms a part of an air bearing surface (hereafter, referred to as ABS) facing the magnetic recording medium,
• a trailing shield that is placed by interposing a write gap at a trailing side of the main magnetic pole,
• a spin torque oscillator that is placed within the write gap to be between the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield and that generates a microwave magnetic field to be superimposed on the magnetic recording medium with the recording magnetic field, and
• two side shields that are placed at both sides of the main magnetic pole in a cross track direction, wherein
• a trailing-side end surface of the main magnetic pole includes a first end surface, which is in contact with a leading-side surface of the spin torque oscillator, and a second end surface, which is offset toward a leading-side of the main magnetic pole from an imaginary plane obtained by extending a leading-side end surface of the spin torque oscillator rearward in the height direction, and
• the second end surface is substantially parallel to the imaginary plane.

A magnetic recording head, comprising:

• a main magnetic pole that generates a recording magnetic field to be applied to a magnetic recording medium from an end surface that forms a portion of an air bearing surface (hereafter, referred to as ABS) facing the magnetic recording medium,
• a trailing shield that is placed by interposing a write gap at a trailing side of the main magnetic pole,
• a spin torque oscillator that is placed within the write gap to be between the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield and that generates a microwave magnetic field to be superimposed on the magnetic recording medium with the recording magnetic field, and
• two side shields that are placed at both sides of the main magnetic pole in a cross track direction, wherein
• the write gap includes a first write gap that is positioned substantially in the center in the cross track direction, and a second write gap and a third write gap that continue to both ends of the first write gap and that extend outward in the cross track direction,
• the second write gap and the third write gap include a first portion, which is offset toward a leading-side of the side shields from the leading-side end surface of the spin torque oscillator, and a second portion, which is offset toward the trailing-side of the side shields from the leading-side end surface of the spin torque oscillator, respectively, and
• the first portions extend more outward in the cross track direction than the second portions.

A magnetic recording head, comprising:

• a main magnetic pole that generates a recording magnetic field to be applied to a magnetic recording medium from an end surface that forms a portion of an air bearing surface (hereafter, referred to as ABS) facing the magnetic recording medium,
• a trailing shield that is placed by interposing a write gap at a trailing side of the main magnetic pole,
• a spin torque oscillator that is placed within the write gap to be between the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield and that generates a microwave magnetic field to be superimposed on the magnetic recording medium with the recording magnetic field, and
• two side shields that are placed at both sides of the main magnetic pole in a cross track direction, wherein
• the two side shields include trailing-side end surfaces, respectively,
• each trailing-side end surface includes a first end surface, which is positioned inward of a second end surface, and the second end surface, which is positioned outward of the first end surface, so that the first end surfaces are closer to the spin torque oscillator than the second end surfaces,
• the first end surfaces and the second end surfaces are substantially parallel to the cross track direction, and
• when viewed from the ABS, the first end surfaces are offset toward a leading-side of the main magnetic pole from a leading-side end surface of the spin torque oscillator, and the second end surfaces are substantially included in a plane that includes the leading-side end surface of the spin torque oscillator.