Method for making a thin film magnetic head

1990 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 1836-1836
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Hirotsugu Fukuoka
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G.J. BURGER ◽  
T.S.J. LAMMERINK ◽  
J.H.J. FLUITMAN

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 664-668
Author(s):  
Kenya Ohashi
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1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-714
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T. Koshikawa ◽  
H. Kanai ◽  
A. Kakehi
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1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 654-665
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Y. Ono ◽  
T. Kurosawa ◽  
Y. Hakamata ◽  
T. Sato

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W. Fujisawa ◽  
S. Orihara ◽  
K. Oguri

1979 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1613-1613
Author(s):  
Charles R. Moeller ◽  
Frederick J. Jeffers

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 4948-4950 ◽  
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M. Miura ◽  
M. Saito ◽  
N. Arai ◽  
K. Konishi ◽  
H.O. Nagatomo ◽  
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1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-360 ◽  
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S. Nasu ◽  
H. Ryonai ◽  
K. Nakamura

Author(s):  
Nina Veisfeld

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) has made it possible to quantify an important phenomenon regarding magnetic head characterization, known as pole tip recession. The pole tip area of thin film magnetic heads, considered one of the critical regions in the head/disk interaction, became the subject of increasing concern within the past several years because of the rapid decrease of the flying heights (typical present values are ∽300 Å). The area of interest includes plated permalloy pole tips and the surrounding alumina matrix, sputter deposited onto a ceramic substrate. The complex topography of thearea is associated with the hardness differences between the materials in multiple layers compsiring the head.AFM analysis revealed significant variations in the topography of different thin film heads. Figure 1 presents a typical example of the pole tip area topography. In this AFM image the two pole tips are elevated above the surrounding matrix. A dark area above the upper pole (recessed by ∽190Å vs. the poles) and slightly brighter (elevated by ∽160Å) symmetrically positioned areas on both sides of the poles are clearly outlined.


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