Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

A thin film magnetic head including:

• a magnetoresistive element;
• at least two magnetic layers including a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole, which are magnetically coupled while part of the side facing a recording medium oppose each other with a write gap layer in between;
• and a thin film coil with two or more layers for generating magnetic flux;
• wherein the thin film magnetic head comprises:
• a first magnetic layer formed on the side closer to the magnetoresistive element, which is one of the two magnetic layers;
• a first magnetic pole which is formed separately from the first magnetic layer while the opposite surface of the surface adjacent to the write gap layer is magnetically coupled to part of the region of the first magnetic layer;
• an insulating layer which is formed of an inorganic material and is formed extendedly at least from a surface of the first magnetic pole, which is the opposite side of a surface facing the recording medium, to one of the surface of the first magnetic layer;
• a first thin film coil formed with at least part of the film-thickness direction being located in the region where the insulating layer is formed;
• a second magnetic layer including a second magnetic pole which opposes the first magnetic pole with the write gap layer in between;
• and
• a second thin film coil with one, two or more layers with thicker film thickness than the first thin film coil, which is formed in a position more distant from the magnetoresistive element than the first thin film coil while electrically connected to the first thin film coil.