Patent ID: 9741373
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A microwave assisted magnetic head, comprising: a main magnetic pole that generates a recording magnetic field to be applied to a magnetic recording medium from an end surface constituting a portion of an air bearing surface opposed to the magnetic recording medium, a trailing shield that is disposed by interposing a write gap at a trailing side of the main magnetic pole, and that forms a magnetic path with the main magnetic pole, two side shields that are disposed at both sides of the main magnetic pole in a cross track direction, and a spin torque oscillator that is disposed within the write gap so as to be interposed between the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield, and that generates a microwave magnetic field to be superimposed on the magnetic recording field applied to the magnetic recording medium, wherein the write gap is configured to substantially linearly extend along a cross track direction when viewed from an air bearing surface side, and is positioned between trailing-side end surfaces of the two side shields and a trailing-side end surface of the main magnetic pole, and a leading-side end surface of the trailing shield the write gap comprises a first write gap part that is positioned nearly in a center in the cross track direction, and where the spin torque oscillator is disposed, and a second write gap part and a third write gap part are continued to both ends of the first write gap part in the cross track direction, and that extend toward both outer ends in the cross track direction, respectively, and lengths at least in portions of the second write gap part and the third write gap part in the down track direction are shorter than a length of the first write gap part in the down track direction.