Patent ID: 6034846
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A complex magnetic head comprising:a core assembly includinga support block made of a nonmagnetic material and having a side surface on a perimeter of said support block,upper and lower rank core chips spaced and fixed to said support block in such a manner as to be in parallel with each other,said upper and lower rank core chips being fixed to the same side surface of said support block,each of said upper and lower rank core chips having first, second and third cores, with magnetic gaps, whose track widths are different from each other,wherein said first, second, and third cores of said upper rank core chip are directly opposite said first, second, and third cores of said lower rank core chip, respectively,said magnetic gaps including a first magnetic gap being provided between said first and second cores of one of said upper and lower rank core chips and a second magnetic gap being provided between said second and third cores of the other of said upper and lower rank core chips, respectively;a pair of coils respectively inserted into said upper and lower rank core chips; anda pair of back cores respectively joined to said upper and lower rank core chips.