Patent ID: 8988825
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating magnetic transducer having air-bearing surface (ABS) location comprising: providing an intermediate including a first sublayer and a second sublayer in at least a side shield region, the first sublayer having a first sublayer top, the second sublayer residing on the first sublayer top in the shield region; forming a trench in the intermediate layer using at least one etch; providing a main pole in the trench, the main pole having a bottom and a top wider than the bottom, the first sublayer top being between the top and the bottom of the main pole; removing at least a portion of the second sublayer in the shield region; and providing at least one half side shield, a bottom of the at least one half side shield being between the top and the bottom of the main pole.