Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorYoshitaka Sasaki
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a slider includes the steps of forming an air bearing surface of a slider material including a thin-film magnetic head element; and etching a part of the air bearing surface, such that a portion of the air bearing surface corresponding to the head element and the rest of the air bearing surface are located in one plane, or such that this portion of the air bearing surface is located closer to a recording medium than the rest of the air bearing surface.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing a slider of a thin-film magnetic head, the slider including a medium facing surface that faces toward a recording medium and a thin-film magnetic head element located near the medium facing surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming the medium facing surface in a material used for making the slider, the material including the head element;
- and
- etching at least a part of the medium facing surface, such that a reduction is made in difference in level between a portion of the medium facing surface corresponding to the head element and the rest of the medium facing surface, or such that the portion of the medium facing surface corresponding to the head element is located closer to the recording medium than at least a portion of the rest of the medium facing surface.
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