Patent ID: 7738214
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A thin film magnetic head comprising: a slider; a thin film head portion provided on a trailing end face of the slider and including a heater, a read element, a write element and a protection film covering the heater, the read element and the write element; a common terminal provided at a position near a track-widthwise central portion of the thin film head portion; and read element terminals, write element terminals, a heater terminal and a ground terminal provided on an end face of the thin film head portion, the heater terminal and the ground terminal being provided on both sides of the read element terminals and the write element terminals; wherein a ground line of the read element and a ground line of the write element are connected to the common terminal, and a ground line of the common terminal, a ground line of the slider and a ground line of the heater are connected to the ground terminal.