Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

A thin film magnetic head including:

• two magnetic layers magnetically coupled to each other having two magnetic poles which face each other with a gap layer in between and are to be faced with a recording medium, a thin film coil provided between the two magnetic layers, and an insulating layer for insulating the thin film coil from the two magnetic layers, while one of the two magnetic layers includes:
• a first magnetic layer having a portion with a uniform width which defines a track width on the recording medium and a second magnetic layer which partially covers a region where the thin film coil is provided and partially overlaps to be magnetically coupled to the first magnetic layer;
• wherein the thin film coil includes:
• a first thin film coil pattern;
• a first connection pattern provided in the end of the first thin film coil pattern so as to be integrated into one body with the first thin film pattern;
• and
• a second connection pattern formed on the first connection pattern, by using the same material as that of the first magnetic layer through the same step as that of forming the first magnetic layer:
• wherein
• a conductive layer pattern is provided on the second connection pattern.