Patent ID: 6430011
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B82Y,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A magnetic head that has a head surface for facing a magnetic medium, comprising:a read sensor bounded by the head surface, first and second side edges and a back edge; first and second leads wherein each lead has a high resistance lead layer and a low resistance lead layer wherein the high resistance lead layer is composed of a material which has a resistance that is greater than a resistance of a material of the low resistance lead layer; first and second gap layers; the read sensor and the first and second leads being sandwiched between the first and second gap layers; each high resistance lead layer being partially bounded by the head surface and first and second side edges and each low resistance lead layer being partially bounded by a front edge that is recessed from the head surface and first and second side edges; the first side edge of the high resistance lead layer of the first and second leads abutting the first and second side edges respectively of the read sensor and electrically connected thereto; and substantially all of each high resistance lead layer between its first and second side edges adjacent a respective side edge of the read sensor extending in a direction perpendicular to the head surface and making electrical contact with a respective low resistance lead layer.