Patent ID: 6404592
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a magnetic head, said magnetic head comprising:a slider; a thin film element provided at an end portion on a trailing side of the slider for at least one of magnetic recording and magnetic reproducing, said thin film element having a NiFe alloy layer; when a recording medium is stopped, a recording medium facing surface of the slider gets in contact with a surface of the recording medium; after the recording medium is started to move, the magnetic head receives an upwardly floating force caused by an air flow on a surface of the recording medium; characterized in that said method comprises the steps of: abrading or etching the surface of the thin film element so that the thickness of an &agr; phase forming a crystal structure on the surface of said a NiFe alloy layer is adjusted to be in a range of 0.5-40 nm; forming a carbon film or CN film (carbon nitride film) on the thin film element's surface and on an upwardly floating surface of the slider.