Patent ID: 6731478
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
A slider comprising:an air-introducing plane; a groove; an air flow-out end; and a thin-film magnetic head formed on the air flow-out end; wherein the thin-film magnetic head includes a magnetoresistive effect type film having end domains including a first ferromagnetic film having a direction of magnetization which is changeable, an antiferromagnetic film, a second ferromagnetic film having a direction of magnetization which is fixed, and a non-magnetic conductive film disposed between the first ferromagnetic film and the second ferromagnetic film, a pair of magnetic domain control films respectively arranged at ends of the magnetoresistive effect type film, and a pair of electrodes directly overlapping the end domains of the magnetoresistive effect type film; wherein a spacing between the electrodes is narrower than a spacing between the magnetic domain control films.