Process for producing a magnetic recording head

A process for the production of a head for magnetic recording comprising the steps of:

• forming a lower pole piece having first and second extremities on a semiconductor substrate;
• forming a double conductor coil on the lower pole piece;
• forming first and second magnetic pillars respectively at the first and second extremities, each magnetic pillar being surrounded by the coil;
• depositing a layer of an amagnetic material on the lower pole piece, the coil, and the first and second magnetic pillars, the layer of amagnetic material having a height greater than a few microns;
• etching a narrow trench in the layer of amagnetic material extending from the first magnetic pillar to the second magnetic pillar, the trench having a height equal to the height of the layer of amagnetic material, the height of the trench being much greater than a width of the trench;
• forming an amagnetic spacer at a center of the trench, the spacer extending over an entire height of the trench;
• and electrolytically growing first and second upper pole pieces within the trench so as to respective bear on the first and second pillars and on either side of the amagnetic spacer until said first and second upper pole pieces are flush with an upper surface of the layer of amagnetic material, the first and second upper pole pieces being higher than wide.