Patent ID: 6452759
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A yoke type magnetoresistive (MR) head comprising:an upper pole having a rear end; a lower pole having a rear end that is magnetically connected to the rear end of the upper pole to form a circuit path for magnetic flux; a magnetic gap, having a throat height, formed between a front end of the upper pole and a front end of the lower pole; a magnetoresistive element indented from the magnetic gap a distance that is at least equal to the throat height of the magnetic gap, so that the upper pole and the lower pole are magnetically bridged via the magnetoresistive element so as to form a separate magnetic flux path; a mesa shaped structure disposed between the upper pole and the lower pole, the mesa shaped structure supports the magnetoresistive element on a sloped surface thereof; and a write-in coil supported by the mesa shaped structure.