Patent ID: 6646830
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A thin-film magnetic tape head having a head surface, the magnetic tape head comprising:an undivided seamless substrate layer having oppositely facing first and second substrate surfaces; a plurality of thin-film read head structures and thin-film write head structures disposed on and directly contacting the first substrate surface of the undivided seamless substrate layer, each read and write head structure having a head gap disposed at the head surface; and a plurality of thin-film read head structures and thin-film write head structures disposed on and directly contacting the second substrate surface of the undivided seamless substrate layer, each read and write head structure having a head gap disposed at the head surface and aligned such that a plurality of read head gaps on the first substrate surface are aligned to form read/write track-pairs with write head gaps on the second substrate surface.