Patent ID: 6700737
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing separation type magnetic head which comprises:a recording head which writes information on a magnetic disk; and a reproducing head having a magnetic sensor that reads the information from the magnetic disk; said recording head including an upper core having a tip minute and an upper part, a coil and an upper magnetic film, said upper magnetic film being positioned between the upper core and the magnetic sensor, and being positioned on an opposite side of the upper core across the coil; wherein the thickness of the upper part of the upper core is less than the thickness of the tip minute of the upper core; wherein the thickness of the upper core of the region which satisfies W>2Ã—W1 is made to be less than Â½ of the thickness of tip minute of the upper core, said W is a dimension of the track width direction of the upper core, and said W1 is a track width of the tip minute of the upper core.