Patent ID: 6158108
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a combined head that has a read head and a write head wherein the combined head has a front portion bounded at a foremost end by an air bearing surface (ABS) and having first and second read pads exposed exterior the combined head for connection to leads exterior the combined head, the method comprising:forming a support layer with a recess which extends from the ABS into the combined head;forming a first shield layer within said recess substantially coextensive with said support layer;forming a first gap layer on the first shield layer and the support layer;forming a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor on the first gap layer; andforming first and second lead layers on the first gap layer with the first and second lead layers connected to the MR sensor and extending all the way from the MR sensor to said first and second read pads without any vias in any layer of the combined head.