Manufacturing method for magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a pair of first side shields and a pair of second side shields

A manufacturing method for a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording, the magnetic head comprising:

• a medium facing surface configured to face a recording medium;
• a coil configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to data to be written on the recording medium;
• a main pole configured to pass a magnetic flux corresponding to the magnetic field generated by the coil and generate a write magnetic field for writing the data on the recording medium by means of a perpendicular magnetic recording system;
• and
• a write shield formed of a magnetic material, wherein:
• the write shield includes a pair of first side shields disposed on opposite sides of the main pole in a track width direction, and a pair of second side shields disposed on opposite sides of the main pole in the track width direction at a position farther from the medium facing surface than the pair of first side shields,
• the pair of first side shields each include an end face located on the medium facing surface, a first side wall connected to the end face and directed toward the main pole, and a second side wall connected to the first side wall,
• the pair of second side shields are in contact with the pair of first side shields, respectively,
• the pair of second side shields each include a third side wall,
• the third side wall of one of the pair of second side shields is continuous with the first side wall of one of the pair of first side shields, and
• the third side wall of the other of the pair of second side shields is continuous with the first side wall of the other of the pair of first side shields,
• the manufacturing method comprising:
• a step of forming a pair of first initial side shields;
• a step of forming the pair of second side shields;
• a step of etching the pair of first initial side shields by using the pair of second side shields as an etching mask so that the pair of first initial side shields become the pair of first side shields;
• and
• a step of forming the main pole.