Hybrid read-write head for perpendicular recording media

A read-write head for use with a perpendicular recording medium, comprising prefabricated elongated members secured together in face-to-face relationship to form a unitary structure having an end adapted to be proximate to said recording medium during use, a first said member having a non-magnetic end portion adjacent said proximate end of said head and a magnetic portion extending away from said non-magnetic end portion, said head further comprising:

• (a) read-write means for selectively reproducing and recording information on said recording medium, comprising pole-piece means between said first member and a said member secured thereto and first electrical coil means in operative association with said pole-piece means, said pole-piece means comprising a first elongated thin film layer of a magnetic material carried by and extending longitudinally along a face of said first member, said first thin film layer overlying said non-magnetic end portion of said first member and extending onto said magnetic portion and having a pole-tip end immediately adjacent the non-magnetic end portion of said first member at said proximate end, the thickness of said pole-tip end being operable to establish the resolution of said head when said head is used for reproducing said information.