Patent Publication Number: US-7903370-B2

Title: Thin-film magnetic head with coil-insulating layer that thermal expansion coefficient and young&#39;S modulus are specified

Description:
PRIORITY CLAIM 
     This application claims priority from Japanese patent application No. 2006-154611, filed on Jun. 2, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a thin-film magnetic head for magnetic recording equipped an electromagnetic coil element with a coil layer and a coil-insulating layer, a head gimbal assembly (HGA) with the thin-film magnetic head, and a magnetic disk drive apparatus with the HGA. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     A thin-film magnetic head which a magnetic disk drive apparatus comprises flies with a predetermined spacing (flying height) above a rotating magnetic disk which is a magnetic recording medium, in writing or reading signals. The thin-film magnetic head, on flying state, writes data to the magnetic disk using write magnetic field generating from an electromagnetic coil element, and reads data with sensing a signal field from the magnetic disk using a magnetoresistive (MR) effect element. 
     With higher recording density due to increasing data storage capacity in recent years, a track width of the thin-film magnetic head is becoming smaller. In order to avoid a degradation of writing and reading performance due to the smaller track width, an effective magnetic distance d M  is becoming smaller, which is a distance between an edge of the magnetic head element composed of the electromagnetic coil element and the MR effect element, and a surface of the magnetic disk. The magnetic distance d M  is actually reduced down to approximately 10 nm or less. 
     In case of applying write currents to the electromagnetic coil element in the magnetic head element, a temperature of the magnetic head element increases by Joule heat, eddy current loss heat, and so on. Also, by heat from other parts in the magnetic disk drive apparatus, the temperature of the magnetic head element may also increase with a temperature rise of inside of the magnetic disk drive apparatus according to an external use environment. 
     With a rise of “an environment temperature” that is a temperature without actively controlling by a heat from inside or outside of the magnetic head element, a so-called thermal pole tip protrusion (TPTP) phenomenon, that an end of the magnetic head element protrudes to a magnetic disk surface direction, occurs. Actually, in the magnetic head element, a write coil layer formed of a conductive metal material such as Cu, a magnetic pole layer formed of a magnetic metal material, and a write coil-insulating layer formed of a plastic material such as photo-resist hold the most of its volume, whereas, a whole overcoat layer of the magnetic head element is formed of insulation material such as alumina (Al 2 O 3 ). In this case, a heat expansion coefficient of the metal material and a heat expansion coefficient of plastic material are two to three times and ten times larger than that of the insulation material, respectively. As a result, the large TPTP phenomenon occurs by a large difference of heat expansion coefficient between the magnetic head element and the overcoat layer. 
     In the case where the effective distance d M  is a minute value as described above, there is likely to contact the protruded end of the magnetic head element with the surface of the magnetic disk. This contact might cause a problem (thermal asperity) that abnormal signals occur with a change of an electrical resistance value of the MR effect element by a friction heat in this contact. Furthermore, a danger of crush raises up. 
     The art for avoiding these problems is described, which controls the effective distance d M  by actively using the TPTP phenomenon with providing the heating element in the thin-film magnetic head (for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,991,113). This art designs the effective distance d M  in prospect of the protrusion by a mount of heat of the heating element beforehand, and adjusts the effective distance d M  by the amount of current flow to the heating element in driving. However, in case of adjusting the effective distance d M  by using the heating element in this way, it is necessary to lower a degree of the TPTP phenomenon as much as possible according to the environment temperature that has difficulty with control. 
     As a way of suppressing the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,389 describes the magnetic head having an expansion joint with low Young&#39;s modulus between a final layer which contains a converter and a substrate. In this head, the expansion joint absorbs an expansion transformation of the final layer and the substrate. Also, U.S. Pat. No. 7,110,219 describes the art which solves a head crush problem with suppressing protrusion of the overcoat layer by forming a heating block layer which is a lower thermal conductivity in the overcoat layer. Furthermore, Japanese patent Publication No. 2000-306213A insists that the magnetic head is obtained, which does not occur a transformation increasing the danger of crush by providing a higher Young&#39;s modulus layer on the side of a flying surface of an upper protecting layer or a lower protecting layer and a lower Young&#39;s modulus layer on its rear. 
     Furthermore, US patent Publication No. 2005/0219749A describes a decreasing the TPTP phenomenon by regulating a volume of the insulating layer surrounding the write coil layer to a predetermined value for a thickness of a protecting layer. That is to say, although the art described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,389, U.S. Pat. No. 7,110,219 and, Japanese patent Publication No. 2000-306213A, use a particular component which consists of a special material, US patent Publication No. 2005/0219749A takes relatively easy measure. 
     However, in the above-described arts, the problem that the suppression of the TPTP phenomenon with environment temperature is not sufficient has occurred in same cases. 
     For example, as the art described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,836,389, it needs to be equivalent the heat expansion coefficient of basecoat to that of the metal layer which the converter contains, then it has a restriction to select a material. Further, the measure for the expansion transformation of the basecoat or the overcoat by the heat from the converter is not sufficient. Also, in U.S. Pat. No. 7,110,219, although it is possible to suppress the protrusion of the overcoat layer by the existence of the heating block layer, it is difficult to suppress the protrusion of the magnetic head element. 
     Further, in Japanese patent Publication No. 2000-306213A, as ranges of the size of the each protecting layer and the Young&#39;s modulus are not disclosed at all, it is difficult surely to suppress the TPTP phenomenon. In fact, as the protrusion of TPTP phenomenon is the order of one nanometer (nm) to ten nanometers, it is necessary to regulate the size of the each protecting layer and the Young&#39;s modulus in order to control and suppress such a minute volume. Further, as the ranges of these values affects the value of the heat expansion coefficient of the each protecting layer, in the art which has not a specific regulation about the heat expansion coefficient, it becomes difficult surely to suppress the TPTP phenomenon. 
     Such situation is similar to the art described in US patent Publication No. 2005/0219749A. Surely, although this art, which does not use a new particular component, takes easy measure relative to the art described in Japanese patent Publication No. 2000-306213A, it only regulates the volume of the insulating layer surrounding the write coil layer, but it does not concretely disclose the possible range of the Young&#39;s modulus or the heat expansion coefficient of insulating layer. In fact, the only regulation of the volume of the insulating layer is not sufficient for surely suppressing the TPTP phenomenon. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a thin-film magnetic head which surely suppresses the TPTP phenomenon due to an environment temperature not using a new particular component, a HGA equipped the thin-film magnetic head, and a magnetic disk drive apparatus equipped the HGA. 
     Here, some terms will be defined before explaining the present invention. In a layered structure of elements formed on an element-formed surface of the slider substrate, a component that is closer to the element-formed surface than a standard layer is defined to be “below” or “lower” in relation to the standard layer, and a component that is in the stacking direction side of the standard layer is defined to be “above” or “upper” in relation to the standard layer. 
     According to the present invention, a thin-film magnetic head is provided, which includes, an electromagnetic coil element for writing data with a coil layer which generates magnetic field by current flowed in its own and a coil-insulating layer which surrounds the coil layer; and an overcoat layer formed in such a way as to cover the electromagnetic coil element, a width of a track-width direction of the coil-insulating layer being larger than a width that is a minimum width to need to insulate the whole coil layer, and being at least 46 μm, a length of a direction perpendicular to the track-width direction of the coil-insulating layer being larger than a length that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole coil layer, and being at least 75 μm, a heat expansion coefficient of the coil-insulating layer being larger than or equal to 30×10 −6 /K, and a Young&#39;s modulus of the coil-insulating layer being larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 4 GPa. 
     If the size, the heat expansion coefficient, and the Young&#39;s modulus of the coil-insulating layer are regulated to appropriate ranges as above-mentioned, the coil-insulating layer having the sufficient size and the appropriate hardness functions to miss an influence of the environment temperature to other direction of the ABS of the magnetic head element by widely expanding and sufficiently absorbing the heat due to rise of the environment temperature. As a result, the heat expansion coefficient of other portions of the magnetic head element is suppressed, also it is evaded that an end of the magnetic head element widely protrudes to magnetic disk surface direction. Therefore, the TPTP phenomenon, that the magnetic head element protrudes, due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed without providing a new particular component in the head. 
     Furthermore, it is also preferable that heat expansion coefficient of said coil-insulating layer is larger than or equal to 60×10 −6 /K. By the setting, the TPTP phenomenon, that the magnetic head element protrudes, due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
     Furthermore, it is also preferable that said coil layer has two layered structure, corresponding to this, said coil-insulating layer has two layered structure. In this case, at least one layer of the coil-insulating layer should satisfy the above-mentioned ranges. 
     Furthermore, as one embodiment, it is also preferable that said electromagnetic coil element comprises a lower magnetic pole layer; an upper magnetic pole layer which sandwiches a write gap layer with said lower magnetic pole layer on an end portion on an air bearing surface side; a write coil layer passing through at least between said lower magnetic pole layer and said upper magnetic pole layer for generating write magnetic field; and a write coil-insulating layer which surrounds said write coil layer, said coil layer and said coil-insulating layer being said write coil layer and said write coil-insulating layer, respectively. 
     Furthermore, as other embodiment, it is also preferable that said electromagnetic coil element comprises a main magnetic pole layer; an auxiliary magnetic pole layer whose end on the air bearing surface side is opposed to the end on the air bearing surface side of the main magnetic pole layer via a gap layer; a write coil layer passing through at least between said main magnetic pole layer and said auxiliary magnetic pole layer for generating write magnetic field; a write coil-insulating layer which surrounds said write coil layer; a backing coil layer formed on an area except the area between said main magnetic pole layer and said auxiliary magnetic pole layer, the backing coil layer having a coil surface parallel to a coil surface of said write coil layer; and a backing coil-insulating layer which surrounds said backing coil layer, said coil layer and said coil-insulating layer being said write coil layer and said write coil-insulating layer, respectively. 
     Furthermore, as other embodiment, it is also preferable that said electromagnetic coil element comprises a main magnetic pole layer; an auxiliary magnetic pole layer whose end on the air bearing surface side is opposed to the end on the air bearing surface side of the main magnetic pole layer via a gap layer; a write coil layer passing through at least between said main magnetic pole layer and said auxiliary magnetic pole layer for generating write magnetic field; a write coil-insulating layer which surrounds said write coil layer; a backing coil layer formed on an area except the area between said main magnetic pole layer and said auxiliary magnetic pole layer, the backing coil layer having a coil surface parallel to a coil surface of said write coil layer; and a backing coil-insulating layer which surrounds said backing coil layer, said coil layer and said coil-insulating layer being said backing coil layer and said backing coil-insulating layer, respectively. 
     Furthermore, it is also preferable that said thin-film magnetic head further comprises at least one heating portion for protruding the end on the air bearing surface side of said electromagnetic coil element toward a magnetic recording medium by a heat expansion. In this case, it is also preferable that said thin-film magnetic head further comprises a magnetoresistive effect element for reading data, said heating portion being set between said magnetoresistive effect element and said electromagnetic coil element. 
     According to the present invention, a HGA is provided, which includes, said thin-film magnetic head and a support mechanism for supporting said thin-film magnetic head. 
     According to the present invention, a magnetic disk drive apparatus is provided, which includes, at least one above-mentioned head gimbal assembly; at least one magnetic recording medium; a recording/reproducing control circuit for controlling read and write operations of said thin-film magnetic head toward said at least one magnetic recording medium; and a heating control circuit for controlling a heat operation of said heating portion in the case where said thin-film magnetic head comprises said at least one heating portion. 
     As above-mentioned, in present invention, the size, the heat expansion coefficient, and the Young&#39;s modulus of the coil-insulating layer are regulated to appropriate ranges, then the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature which is difficult to determine is surely suppressed. Therefore, even if the thin-film magnetic head comprises the heating portion, it is possible to get a predetermined appropriate protrusion of the end on the magnetic head element by using the control signal value of the heating control circuit. 
     According to the thin-film magnetic head, the HGA, and the magnetic disk drive apparatus of the present invention, it is possible surely to suppress the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature not using a new particular component. As a result, the problem such as thermal asperity and crush can be dissolved with maintaining low flying height. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows a perspective view schematically illustrating a major portion of an embodiment of the magnetic disk drive apparatus according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  shows a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of an HGA according to the present invention and a thin-film magnetic head (slider) attached on the end of the HGA; 
         FIG. 3   a  shows a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 2 , illustrating a configuration of a main part of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 3   b  shows a perspective view including a cross-section surface taken along line A-A shown in  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIGS. 4   a  to  4   e  show perspective views illustrating a configuration of a portion of alternatives of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention; 
         FIGS. 5   a  and  5   b  show perspective views illustrating a configuration of a portion of alternatives of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 6   a  shows a plain view through from the side of the element-formed surface illustrating a structure of a heating portion  35  with which the thin-film magnetic in  FIG. 2  is provided as an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6   b  shows a cross sectional view taken along line A-A of  FIG. 2  illustrating a position in the head when the heating portion  35  is provided; 
         FIG. 7  shows a block diagram illustrating the circuit structure of the recording/reproducing and heating control circuit  13  of the magnetic disk drive apparatus shown in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 8   a  shows a perspective view schematically illustrating a major portion of the coil-insulating layer  344  in the thin-film magnetic head model using below simulation; 
         FIG. 8   b  shows a schematic view insulating a coordinate in a graph showing protrusion of the end of the magnetic head element by the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature; 
         FIG. 9  shows a cross-sectional view showing a figure of the TPTP phenomenon emerged by a simulation; 
         FIG. 10  shows a graph showing the TPTP profile according to the practical example and the comparative examples having the write coil-insulating layer whose size and Young&#39;s modulus are different; 
         FIG. 11  shows a graph showing the TPTP profile according to the practical example and the comparative examples having the write coil-insulating layer whose size is different; 
         FIG. 12  shows a graph showing the maximum peak value of the protrusion according to the head samples having the write coil-insulating layers of various size; and 
         FIG. 13  shows a graph showing the maximum peak value of the protrusion according to the head samples having the various heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the various Young&#39;s modulus Y IN . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       FIG. 1  shows a perspective view schematically illustrating a major portion of an embodiment of the magnetic disk drive apparatus according to the present invention. 
     In  FIG. 1 , reference numeral  10  indicates a plurality of magnetic disks (magnetic recording media) rotating around a rotational axis of a spindle motor  11 ,  12  indicates an assembly carriage device for positioning a thin-film magnetic head (slider)  21  on a track, and  13  indicates a recording/reproducing circuit for controlling read/write operations of the thin-film magnetic head, respectively. 
     The assembly carriage device  12  is provided with a plurality of drive arms  14 . These drive arms  14  are rotatable around a pivot bearing axis  16  by means of a voice coil motor (VCM)  15  and stacked in the direction along this axis  16 . An HGA  17  is provided on the end portion of each drive arm  14 . A thin-film magnetic head (slider)  21  is mounted on each HGA  17  in such a way as to be opposed to the surface of the magnetic disk  10 . The each number of the magnetic disks  10 , the drive arms  14 , the HGAs  17  and the thin-film magnetic heads (sliders)  21  can also be only one. 
     Also, if the thin-film magnetic head  21  has a heating portion for protruding an end of the magnetic head element on the air bearing surface (ABS) side toward the magnetic disk  10  by the heat expansion, the recording/reproducing circuit  13 , which will be explained later, may act as a heating control circuit for controlling heating operations of the heating portion with adjusting a heating current provided with the heating portion. The structure of the recording/reproducing and heating control circuit  13  in this case will be explained later. 
       FIG. 2  shows a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of an HGA according to the present invention and a thin-film magnetic head (slider) attached on the end of the HGA. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the HGA  17  includes the slider  21  that has a magnetic head element and is fixed on the end portion of a suspension  20 . Signal electrodes of the slider  21  are electrically connected to one end of a wiring member  25 . 
     The suspension  20  includes a load beam  22 , a flexure  23  with elasticity fixed on and supported by the load beam  22 , a base plate  24  provided on the base of the load beam  22 , and a wiring member  25  which is provided on the flexure  23  and consists of lead conductors and connection pads electrically connected to the ends of the lead conductors. While not shown, a head drive IC chip may be attached on a position between the ends of the suspension  20 . 
     Also in  FIG. 2 , the thin-film magnetic head (slider)  21  includes an ABS  30  processed so as to provide an appropriate flying height, a magnetic head element  32  formed on/above the element formation surface  31 , an overcoat layer  39  formed on/above the element formation surface  31  so as to cover the magnetic head element  32 , and pairs of signal electrodes  36  and  37  exposed in the surface of the overcoat layer  39 . The magnetic head element  32  includes an MR effect element  33  for reading data and an electromagnetic coil element  34  for writing data. The signal electrodes  36  and  37  are connected to the MR effect element  33  and the electromagnetic coil element  34 , respectively. 
     One ends of the MR effect element  33  and the electromagnetic coil element  34  reach the head end surface  300  on the ABS  30  side. The one ends of the elements become opposed to the surface of the magnetic disk, then the head  21  performs a read operation by sensing signal fields from the magnetic disk and a write operation by applying signal fields to the magnetic disk. 
     Further, as explained later, if the thin-film magnetic head  21  has a heating portion  35 , two drive electrodes  38  exposed in the surface of the overcoat layer  39  are connected this heating layer. In this case, two drive electrodes  38  are arranged on both sides of four signal electrodes  36  and  37 , respectively. As described in Japanese patent Publication No. 2004-234792A, this arrangement can prevent a cross talk between a wiring of the MR effect element  33  and a wiring of the electromagnetic coil element  34 . If the cross talk is permitted, two drive electrodes  38  may be arranged, for example, in any position of four signal electrodes  36  and  37 . The number of the electrodes are not limited to the mode in  FIG. 2 . In  FIG. 2 , there are six electrodes, however it is also possible to provide five electrodes and a ground connecting to the slider substrate. 
     The heating portion  35 , as shown in  FIG. 2 , may be provided in the position opposed to the head end surface  300  about the magnetic head element  32 . As described below, it also may be provided near the head end surface  300  that is between the MR effect element  33  and the electromagnetic coil element  34 . When the heating portion  35  is provided, the magnetic head element  32  protrudes magnetic disk surface direction in form to let the head end surface  300  project by its heat expansion with the heat occurred the current flow to the heating portion  35  or by the heat expansion of the material surrounding it. By controlling the protrusion movement with adjusting the current flow to the heating portion  35 , it is possible to control the magnetic effective distance d M  between the end of the magnetic head element  32  and the magnetic disk surface to the desirable minute value. 
       FIG. 3   a  shows a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 2 , illustrating a configuration of a main part of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention.  FIG. 3   b  shows a perspective view including a cross-section surface taken along line A-A shown in  FIG. 2 . Although the head shown in  FIG. 3   a  and  FIG. 3   b  can have the heating portion  35 , this structure is omitted in these FIGS. 
     In  FIG. 3   a , reference numeral  210  indicates a slider substrate made of, for example, AlTiC (Al 2 O 3 —TiC) and so on, which has an ABS  30  opposing the surface of the magnetic disk. An MR effect element  33  for reading, an electromagnetic coil element  34  for writing, and an overcoat layer  39  that protects these elements are formed on/above an element formation surface  31 , which is a side surface when the ABS  30  of the slide substrate  210  is at the bottom. 
     The MR effect element  33  includes an MR effect multilayer  332 , and a lower shield layer  330  and an upper shield layer  334  sandwiching the MR effect multilayer  332 . The lower shield layer  330  and the upper shield layer  334  are a metal layer and formed of, for example, NiFe, CoFeNi, CoFe, FeN or FeZrN, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm to 3 μm by using a pattern plating method such as frame plating. 
     The MR effect multilayer  332  includes a current-in-plane (CIP) giant magnetoresistive (GMR) effect multilayered film, a current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) GMR effect multilayered film, or a tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) effect multilayered film, and senses a signal field from the magnetic disk with an extremely high sensitivity. The upper and lower shield layers  334  and  330  prevent the MR effect multilayer  332  from receiving an external magnetic field that causes noise. 
     If the MR effect multilayer  332  includes a CIP-GMR effect multilayered film, upper and lower shield gap layers for insulation are provided between the MR effect multilayer  332  and respective upper and lower shield layers  334  and  330 . Further, an MR lead conductor layer is formed for supplying a sense current to the MR effect multilayer  332  and bringing out a reproduction output. On the other hand, when the MR effect multilayer  332  includes a CPP-GMR effect multilayered film or a TMR effect multilayered film, the upper and lower shield layers  334  and  330  also function as upper and lower electrodes, respectively. In this case, the upper and lower shield gap layers and the MR lead conductor layer are not needed and are omitted. Though not shown in the figure, an insulating layer is formed between the upper and lower shield layers opposed to the head end surface  300  of the MR effect multilayer  332 , and further, insulating layers, or bias insulating layers and hard bias layers which consist of a ferromagnetic material, for applying a bias magnetic field for stabilization of a magnetic-domain, may be formed on both sides along the track-width direction of the MR effect multilayer  332 . 
     If the MR effect multilayer  332  includes for example the tunnel magnetoresistive (TMR) effect multilayered film, it has a stacked structure of an antiferromagnetic layer formed of IrMn, PtMn, NiMn, RuRhMn, etc., with a thickness of approximately 5-15 nm; a pinned layer whose magnetization direction is fixed by the antiferromagnetic layer and which consists of CoFe, etc., which is a ferromagnetic material, or two layers CoFe, etc., sandwiching the non-magnetic metal material such as Ru or CoFe; a tunnel barrier layer which consists of non-magnetic dielectric material that a metal layer formed of Al, AlCu, etc., with a thickness of approximately 0.5-1 nm is oxidized by natural oxidation or oxygen in a vacuum apparatus; and a free layer which is coupled with the pinned layer by tunnel exchange coupling through the tunnel barrier layer and which consists of, for example, a two layers of CoFe, etc., which is the ferromagnetic material, with a thickness of approximately 1 nm and NiFe, etc., which is the ferromagnetic material, with a thickness of approximately 3-4 nm, in this order. 
     The magnetic coil element  34  includes a lower magnetic layer  340 , a write gap layer  341 , a write coil layer  343 , a write coil-insulating layer  344 , and an upper magnetic pole layer  345 . The write coil layer  343  is two layers structure formed of a lower write coil layer  3430  and an upper write coil layer  3431 , and is formed in such a manner that it passes at least between the lower magnetic pole layer  340  and the upper magnetic pole layer  345 . The lower magnetic pole layer  340  and the upper magnetic pole layer  345  function as a magnetic flux guide for a magnetic flux excited by the write coil layer  343 . 
     The lower magnetic pole layer  340  includes a lower yoke layer  3400 , and a lower magnetic pole portion  3401  which is formed on the end portion on the ABS  30  side (head end surface  300 ) of the lower yoke layer  3400  and extending to the head end surface  300 , and whose upper surface is in contact with the surface of the write gap layer  341 . The lower yoke layer  3400  is a metal layer and formed of, for example, NiFe, CoFeNi, CoFe, FeN or FeZrN, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm to 3.5 μm by using a pattern plating method such as frame plating or sputtering. Also, the lower magnetic pole portion  3401  is a metal layer and formed of, for example, NiFe, CoFeNi, CoFe, FeN or FeZrN, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.25 μm to 0.6 μm by using such as sputtering. The saturation magnetic flux density of the lower magnetic pole portion  3401  is set higher than that of the lower yoke layer  3400 , and is at least 2.0 teslas (T). 
     The upper magnetic pole layer  345  includes an upper magnetic pole portion  3450  whose lower surface is in contact with the surface of the write gap layer  341 , and an upper yoke layer  3451  whose end portion on the ABS side is in contact with the surface of the upper magnetic pole portion  3450 . The upper magnetic pole portion  3450  is a metal portion and formed of, for example, NiFe, CoFeNi, CoFe, FeN or FeZrN, etc. with a thickness of approximately 1 μm to 3 μm by using a pattern plating method such as frame plating or sputtering. Also, the upper yoke layer  3451  is a metal layer and formed of, for example, NiFe, CoFeNi, CoFe, FeN or FeZrN, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm to 3.0 μm by using a pattern plating method such as frame plating. The saturation magnetic flux density of the upper magnetic pole portion  3450  is set higher than that of the upper yoke layer  3451 , and is at least 2.0 T. 
     The lower magnetic pole portion  3401  and the upper magnetic pole portion  3450  sandwich the end portion on the ABS side (head end surface  300  side) of the write gap layer  341 . A leakage magnetic field from this end portion of the write gap layer  341  performs a write operation onto the magnetic disk. The ends on the magnetic disk side of the lower magnetic pole portion  3401  and upper magnetic pole portion  3450  extend to the head end surface  300 , which are coated with ultrathin protective film made of a material such as diamond-like carbon (DLC). While the write coil layer  343  is shown as a single layer in  FIG. 3   a , it may consist of two or more layers or a helical coil. 
     Further, a non-magnetic layer made of an insulating material or a metal is provided between the upper shield layer  334  and the lower magnetic pole layer  340  for isolating the MR effect element  33  from the electromagnetic coil element  34 . However, as explained later, the non-magnetic layer is not necessarily needed and may be omitted and the upper shield layer may also be used as the lower magnetic pole layer. 
     The write coil-insulating layer  344  is two layers structure formed of an lower write coil-insulating layer  3440  surrounding the lower write coil layer  3430  and an upper write coil-insulating layer  3441  surrounding the upper write coil layer  3431 . This write coil-insulating layer  344  is provided for electrically isolating between the write coil layer  343 , and the upper and lower magnetic pole layer  345  and  340 . An upper and lower coil-insulating layer  342  is provided between the lower write coil layer  3430  and the lower write coil-insulating layer  3440 , and the upper write coil layer  3431  and the upper write coil-insulating layer  3441  for electrically isolating between both. 
     The lower write coil layer  3430  and the upper write coil layer  3431  are a metal layer and formed of, for example, Cu, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.3 μm to 5 μm by using such as frame plating. Also, the lower write coil-insulating layer  3440  and the upper write coil-insulating layer  3441  are a plastic layer and formed of, for example, a heat-cured photo resist, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.5 μm to 7 μm by using such as photolithography. Further, the write gap layer  341  is an insulating layer and formed of, for example, Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , A 1 N, or DLC, etc. with a thickness of approximately 0.01 μm to 0.1 μm by using such as sputtering or CVD. 
     Thus, the write coil-insulating layer  344  is formed of the plastic material; the upper and lower shield layer  334  and  330 , and the upper and lower magnetic pole layer  345  and  340 , etc. are formed of the metal material. On the other hand, the overcoat layer  39  is formed of an insulation material, for example, Al 2 O 3 , or SiO 2 , etc. by using such as sputtering. Usually, the heat expansion coefficient of the metal material and that of the plastic material are about 2 to 3 times and about 10 times larger than that of the insulation material, respectively. As a result, the difference of the heat expansion coefficient between the magnetic head element and the overcoat layer causes the environment temperature, then this occurs the TPTP phenomenon which an end on the head end surface  300  of the magnetic head element  32  protrudes to magnetic disk surface direction. 
     In the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention, surely in order to suppress the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature, the heat expansion coefficient and Young&#39; modulus are regulated as below in the coil-insulating layer  344  which has a predetermined size. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3   b , with respect to the size of the write coil-insulating layer  344 , a width W CI  of the track-width direction is larger than a width W C  that is a minimum size to need to insulate the whole write coil layer  343 , and is at least equal to or larger than 46 μm, a length L CI  (a length of the depth direction viewed from the ABS  30  side) of a direction perpendicular to the track-width direction is larger than a length L C  that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole coil layer  343 , and is at least equal to or larger than 75 μm. 
     In this coil-insulating layer  344 , the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is regulated to at least 30×10 −6 /K or more, the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is regulated to 1 Gpa to 4 Gpa. Although the minimum width W C  and the minimum length L C  are approximately 0.1-1 μm larger than the width of the track-width direction and the length of the direction perpendicular to the track-width direction of the write coil layer  343 , respectively, these may consider as the width and the length of the write coil layer  343 , virtually. 
     In contrast this coil-insulating layer  344  according to the present invention, in the conventional coil-insulating layer consisted of a photo-resist layer, the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is approximately 30×10 −6 /K, and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is approximately 6 Gpa. These are confirmed with an experiment and a simulation by the inventor. Therefore, the coil-insulating layer  344  according to the present invention has the heat expansion coefficient I IN  which is larger than that of the conventional one, further, has the range of Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  with the predetermined low limit which is smaller than that of the conventional one. It should be noticed that values of these heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  are not the bulk values of photo-resist raw material but the values of the minute volume of virtually minute processed form. 
     Here, if the coil-insulating layer  344  consists of the photo-resist, as a method for setting the heat expansion coefficient and the Young&#39;s modulus to a predetermined value, it may use the method such as a selection, and an adjustment, etc. of a cure temperature, a resist kind (a novolac-type, etc.), a resist viscosity, and an exposure condition which affect the heat expansion coefficient and the Young&#39;s modulus. 
     If the size, the heat expansion coefficient I IN , and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  of the coil-insulating layer  344  are regulated to appropriate ranges as above-mentioned, as shown in embodiments later, the coil-insulating layer  344  having the sufficient size and the appropriate hardness functions to miss an influence of the environment temperature to other direction of the ABS of the magnetic head element  32  by widely expanding and sufficiently absorbing the heat due to rise of the environment temperature. As a result, the heat expansion coefficient of other portions of the magnetic head element  32  is suppressed, also it is evaded that an end of the magnetic head element widely protrudes to magnetic disk surface direction. Therefore, the TPTP phenomenon, that the magnetic head element protrudes, due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed without providing a new particular component in the head. 
       FIGS. 4   a  to  4   e  show perspective views illustrating a configuration of a portion of alternatives of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention. Here,  FIGS. 4   a ,  4   b  and  4   d  show cross sectional views taken along line A-A of  FIG. 2 , and  FIGS. 4   c  and  4   e  show plain views through from the side of the element-formed surface. 
     According to  FIG. 4   a , an electromagnetic coil element  40  has a write coil layer  403  that is a single layer. Corresponding to this, a write coil-insulating layer  404  is also a single layer. In this case, by the heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  of the write coil-insulating layer  404  being regulated to above-mentioned ranges, the heat expansion coefficient of other portions of the magnetic head element is suppressed, also it is evaded that an end of the magnetic head element widely protrudes to magnetic disk surface direction. Therefore, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
     According to  FIG. 4   b , in the case where an electromagnetic coil element  41  has a write coil layer that is two layers, corresponding to this, a write coil-insulating layer  414  is also two layers which consists of upper and lower write coil-insulating layers  4141  and  4140 . Here, in this two layers, only the upper write coil-insulating layer  4141  has the heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  regulated to the above-mentioned ranges, and the lower write coil-insulating layer  4140  may at least have the length L LCI  which is smaller than the above-mentioned minimum value. Or, as shown in  FIG. 4   c , the width W LCI  of the lower write coil-insulating layer  4140 ′ may be smaller than the above-mentioned minimum value. In these cases, as the upper write coil-insulating layer  4141  or  4141 ′ satisfies the above-mentioned condition, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 4   d , only the lower write coil-insulating layer  4204  has the size, the heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  regulated to the above-mentioned ranges, and the upper write coil-insulating layer  4241  may at least have the length L UCI  which is smaller than the above-mentioned minimum value. Or, as shown in  FIG. 4   e , the width W LCI  of the upper write coil-insulating layer  4241 ′ may be smaller than above-mentioned minimum value. In these cases, as the lower write coil-insulating layer  4240  or  4240 ′ satisfies the above-mentioned condition, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
     That is to say, at least one layer of the upper and lower write coil-insulating layer should satisfy the above-mentioned condition. Further, in the case where the write coil layer is a three or more layered structure, corresponding to this, a write coil-insulating layer is also a three or more layered structure, if only one of the layers satisfies the above-mentioned condition, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
       FIG. 5  shows a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a portion of alternatives of the thin-film magnetic head according to the present invention. Here,  FIG. 5   a  shows a cross sectional view taken along line A-A of  FIG. 2 , and  FIG. 5   b  shows a plain view through from the side of the element-formed surface. 
     According to  FIG. 5   a , the electromagnetic coil element  44  for writing data is for perpendicular magnetic recording, and includes a backing coil portion  440 , a main magnetic pole layer  441 , a gap layer  442 , a write coil layer  443 , a coil-insulating layer  444 , and an auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445 . Reference numeral  45  indicates a shielding-between-elements layer for magnetically shielding the MR effect element  43  for writing data from the electromagnetic coil element  44 . 
     The main magnetic pole layer  441  is a magnetic path to guide and converge the magnetic flux excited by currents flowing through the coil layer  443  to a perpendicular magnetic recording layer of the magnetic disk, and consists of a main magnetic pole main layer  4411  and a main magnetic pole auxiliary layer  4410 . The length (thickness) in the stacking direction of the end portion in the head end surface  300  side of the main magnetic pole layer  441  corresponds a thickness of only the main magnetic pole main layer  4411 , and becomes smaller than that of the other portions. As a result, the main magnetic pole layer  441  can generate a fine write field corresponding to higher density recording. 
     An end portion in the head end surface  300  side of the auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445  becomes a trailing shield portion  4450  whose cross-section layer is wider than that of the other portion of the auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445 . The trailing shield portion  4450  is opposed to the end in the ABS side of the main magnetic pole layer  441  via a gap layer  442 . Providing such trailing shield portion  4450 , the magnetic slope between the end of the trailing shield portion  4450  near the head end surface  300  and the end of the main magnetic pole layer  441  is steeper. As a result, a read error rate can become smaller as a jitter of the signal output becomes smaller. 
     The write coil layer  443  is formed in such a manner that it passes at least between the main magnetic pole layer  441  and the auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445  between one turn. The write coil-insulating layer  444  surrounds the write coil layer  443 , is provided for electrically insulating between the write coil layer  443 , and the main magnetic pole layer  441  and the auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 5   b , with respect to the size of the write coil-insulating layer  444 , a width W CI ′ of the track-width direction is larger than a width W C ′ that is a minimum size to need to insulate the whole write coil layer  443 , and is at least equal to or larger than 46 μm, a length L CI ′ of a direction perpendicular to the track-width direction is larger than a length L C ′ that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole write coil layer  443 , and is at least equal to or larger than 75 μm. 
     In this write coil-insulating layer  444 , the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is regulated to at least 30×10 −6 /K or more, the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is regulated to 1 Gpa to 4 Gpa. Although the minimum width W C ′ and the minimum length L C ′ are approximately 0.1-1 μm larger than the width of the track-width direction and the length of the direction perpendicular to the track-width direction of the write coil layer  443 , respectively, these may consider as the width and the length of the write coil layer  443 , virtually. 
     If the size, the heat expansion coefficient I IN , and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  of the write coil-insulating layer  444  are regulated to appropriate ranges as above-mentioned, as shown in embodiments later, the write coil-insulating layer  444  having the sufficient size and the appropriate hardness functions to miss an influence of the environment temperature to other direction of the ABS in the magnetic head element mainly. As a result, the heat expansion coefficient of other portions in the magnetic head element is suppressed, also it is evaded that an end of the magnetic head element widely protrudes to magnetic disk surface direction. Therefore, the TPTP phenomenon, that the magnetic head element protrudes, due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed without providing a new particular component in the head. 
     Also, according to  FIG. 5   a , the electromagnetic coil element  44  is provided with the backing coil portion  440  between the shielding-between-elements layer  45  and the main magnetic pole layer  441 . The backing coil portion  440  consists of a backing coil layer  4400  and a backing coil-insulating layer  4401 , and the backing coil portion  440  suppresses the wide area adjacent-track erase (WATE) behavior which is an unwanted write or erasing operation to the magnetic disk, by generating a magnetic flux for negating the magnetic loop that arises from the main magnetic pole layer  441  and the auxiliary magnetic pole layer  445  through the upper and lower shield layers of the MR effect element  43 . 
     Here, it is also preferable that the backing coil-insulating layer  4401  of the backing coil portion  440  has the size, the heat expansion coefficient I IN , and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  as above-mentioned. As shown in  FIG. 5   b , a width W CI ″ of the track-width direction is larger than a width W C ″ that is a minimum size to need to insulate the whole backing coil layer  4400 , and is at least equal to or larger than 46 μm, a length L CI ″ of a direction perpendicular to the track-width direction is larger than a length L C ″ that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole backing coil layer  4400 , and is at least equal to or larger than 75 μm. In this backing coil-insulating layer  4401 , it is also preferable that the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is regulated to at least 30×10 −6 /K or more, the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is regulated to 1 Gpa to 4 Gpa. In this case, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
     Here, at least one layer of the write coil-insulating layer  444  and the backing coil-insulating layer  4401  should satisfy the above-mentioned condition. Further, in the case where the write coil layer is a two or more layered structure, corresponding to this, a write coil-insulating layer is also a two or more layered structure, if only one of the layers satisfies the above-mentioned condition, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is surely suppressed. 
       FIG. 6   a  shows a plain view through from the side of the element-formed surface illustrating a structure of a heating portion  35  with which the thin-film magnetic in  FIG. 2  is provided as an embodiment, and  FIG. 6   b  shows a cross sectional view taken along line A-A of  FIG. 2  illustrating a position in the head when the heating portion  35  is provided. 
     According to  FIG. 6   a , the heating portion  35  has a heating line layer  350  meandered one line in the layer and a lead line layer  351  which connects the both ends of the heating line layer  350 , and is a current flow path with a predetermined length. The heating line layer  350  has an upper portion  3500  and a lower portion  3501  formed in such a way as to meander through in the shape of rectangle wave. One end of the lead line layer  351  is connected the drive electrodes  38 , the heating portion  35  takes power supply for the heating from a heating control circuit via this drive electrodes  38 . The shape of the heating line layer  350  is not limited to this shape of rectangle wave, it is also possible to be one line shape, U-shape, or spiral shape. 
     It is preferable that the heating line layer  350  is, for example, a thickness of approximately 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and formed of, for example, NiCu, NiCr, Ta, W, Ti, Cu, Au or NiFe, etc. Also, the lead line layer  351  may be formed of the same material as the heating line layer  350 . 
     The heating portion  35  having such structure may be arranged in any part of a position P 1  to P 4  in the thin-film magnetic head as shown in  FIG. 6   b . That is to say, it may be arranged in a position P 1  near the head end surface  300  above the electromagnetic coil element  34  in the overcoat layer  39 , it may be arranged in a position P 2  near the head end surface  300  between the MR effect element  32  and the electromagnetic coil element  34 , it may be arranged in a position P 3  above or a position P 4  below the coil-insulating layer opposed to the head end surface  300  of the magnetic head element  32 . Especially, in the case where the heating portion  35  is arranged in the position P 2 , it has a much better good protrusion efficiency of the end of the magnetic head element, a better protrusion response at a point of electric power consumption than other positions. 
       FIG. 7  shows a block diagram illustrating the circuit structure of the recording/reproducing and heating control circuit  13  of the magnetic disk drive apparatus shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     In  FIG. 7 , reference numeral  70  indicates a control LSI,  71  indicates a write gate for receiving recording data from the control LSI  70 ,  72  indicates a write circuit,  73  indicates a ROM that stores a control table and so on for controlling currents applied to the heating potation  35 ,  75  indicates a constant current circuit for supplying sense currents to the MR effect element  33 ,  76  indicates an amplifier for amplifying the output voltage from the MR effect element  33 ,  77  indicates a demodulator circuit for outputting reproduced data to the control LSI  70 ,  98  indicates a temperature detector, and  99  indicates a control circuit for controlling the heating potation  35 , respectively. 
     The recording data that is output from the control LSI  70  is supplied to the write gate  71 . The write gate  71  supplies recording data to the write circuit  72  only when a recording control signal that is output from the control LSI  70  instructs a write operation. The write circuit  72  passes write currents corresponding to this recording data through the coil layer  343 , and the electromagnetic coil element  34  writes data on the magnetic disk. 
     Constant currents flow from the constant current circuit  75  into the MR multilayer  332  only when the reproducing control signal that is output from the control LSI  70  instructs a read operation. The signal reproduced by this MR effect element  33  is amplified by the amplifier  76 , demodulated by the demodulator circuit  77 , and then, the obtained reproduced data is output to the control LSI  70 . 
     The heating potation control circuit  79  receives a heating potation ON/OFF signal and a heating potation current control signal that are output from the control LSI  70 . When the heating potation ON/OFF signal is an ON operation instruction, a current is applied to the heating line layer  350  of the heating potation  35 . The current value in this case is controlled to a value corresponding to the heating potation current control signal. The control LSI  70  determines the values of the heating potation ON/OFF signals and the heating potation current control signals by referring the situation of the recording/reproducing operation and the measured temperature values with the temperature detector  78 . Thus, it is possible to realize not only a current application to the heating portion  35  linked with the write and read operations but also a more diversified current application mode by providing the system of the heating portion ON/OFF signal and the heating portion current value control signal independently from the recording/reproducing control signal system. 
     However, actually, it is very difficult to determine an appropriate environment temperature by only the measured temperature values with the temperature detector  78 , and then the case that above-mentioned control does not go well occurs when the TPTP phenomenon due to an environment temperature is large. Whereas, in the present invention, by appropriately regulating the size, the heat expansion coefficient and the Young&#39;s modulus of the coil-insulating layer, the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature which is difficult to determine is surely suppressed. Therefore, using the value of the heating portion current value control signal which the control LSI determines, it is possible to get a desirable appropriate protrusion of the end of the magnetic head element. 
     It is obvious that the circuit structure of the recording/reproducing and heating control circuit  13  is not limited to that shown in  FIG. 7 . It is also possible to specify the write and read operations using a signal other than the recording/reproducing control signal. Although it is preferable that the heating of the heating portion  35  is performed when both writing and reading, it is possible that the heating of the heating portion  35  may be performed only when either writing or reading, or only in a predetermined period. Furthermore, it is also possible to use not only DC but also AC or pulse current, etc., as the currents flowing through the heating portion  35 . 
     Hereinafter, an effect to suppress the TPTP phenomenon due to an environment temperature will be explained by comparative examples and practical examples of the present invention with simulation. 
       FIG. 8   a  shows a perspective view schematically illustrating a major portion of the coil-insulating layer  344  in the thin-film magnetic head model using below simulation,  FIG. 8   b  shows a schematic view insulating a coordinate in a graph showing protrusion of the end of the magnetic head element by the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature. 
     According to  FIG. 8   a , the write coil-insulating layer  344  in the below practical example is formed of the upper/lower write coil-insulating layer  3441  and  3440 , corresponding to that the write coil layer  343  is the two layered structure. Here, half of widths ½×W CI  of the track-width direction of the lower/upper write coil-insulating layer  3441  and  3440  are larger than half of widths ½×W C =19 μm that are a minimum size to need to insulate the whole write coil layer  343 , and is equal to 50 μm (W CI =100 μm) and larger than ½×46 μm=23 μm, and a length L CI  of direction perpendicular to the track-width direction is larger than a length L C =30 μm that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole write coil layer  343 , and is at least equal to 150 μm and larger than 75 μm. 
     Besides, thicknesses t UCI  and t LCI  of the upper/lower write coil-insulating layer  3441  and  3440  are 3 μm and 1.1 μm, respectively, and these values are same in the below practical examples and comparative examples. 
     According to  FIG. 8   b , in a graph showing the protrusion of the end of the magnetic head element by the TPTP phenomenon, a horizontal axis is a x-axis in this figure, and is a position on the head end surface  300  (ABS 30 ) toward the stacking direction. In this case, a plus direction is a direction toward a trailing edge and a zero base point is a position of the element formation surface  31  of the slider substrate  210 . Also, a vertical axis is a y-axis in this figure, and is a amount of protrusion in direction perpendicular to the head end surface  300  (ABS 30 ) on the target position on the head end surface  300  (ABS 30 ). In this case, a plus direction is a direction toward the magnetic disk and a zero base point is a position of the leading side edge of a pad  2100 . Below, the graph showing the protrusion of the end of the magnetic head element by the TPTP phenomenon, in which the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are assumed such the x-axis and y-axis, is called a TPTP profile. Besides, the overcoat layer  39 , of course, protrudes, the it affects this TPTP profile, but the TPTP profile as shown in below is taken a measure that the end of the overcoat layer  39  does not become the lowest point, for example, by providing a appropriate recess part  80  on the trailing edge of the overcoat layer  39 . 
       FIG. 9  shows a cross-sectional view showing a figure of the TPTP phenomenon emerged by a simulation. 
     According to this figure, it is found that the magnetic head element  32 , that is to say, the end of the head end surface  300  of the MR effect element  33  and the electromagnetic coil element  34  protrudes by the thin-film magnetic head receiving the heat corresponding to the increase of the environment temperature. This protrusion is also comprehended as a projection near portion positioned the end of the magnetic head element  32  in the head end surface  300 . Also, it is found that vicinity of the trailing edge also inclines to protrude with transformation of the whole magnetic head element  32  and the whole overcoat layer  39 . Here, a figure of such projection of the head end surface  300  corresponds the TPTP profile. 
       FIG. 10  shows a graph showing the TPTP profile according to the practical example and the comparative examples having the write coil-insulating layer whose size and Young&#39;s modulus are different. 
     First, Table 1 shows each parameter of the write coil-insulating layer according to a head sample which is used in the simulation whose result is shown in  FIG. 10 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Heat expansion 
               
               
                   
                   
                 modulus Y IN   
                 coefficient I IN   
               
               
                   
                 W CI (μm) × L CI (μm) 
                 (GPa) 
                 (/K) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Comparative 
                 60 × 30 
                 0.1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 1 
               
               
                 Comparative 
                 100 × 150 
                 0.1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 2 
               
               
                 Comparative 
                 60 × 30 
                 1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 3 
               
               
                 Practical 
                 100 × 150 
                 1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 1 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     According to Table 1, a width W CI  of the write coil-insulating layer in only practical example 1 is 100 μm and is larger than 46 μm, and a length L CI  is 150 μm and is larger than 75 μm, and the range of the Young&#39;s modulus is 1-4 GPa. Also, the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is 90×10 −6  in any head samples. 
     According to  FIG. 10 , all the TPTP profile of the comparative examples 1-3 is similar and the maximum peak value of the protrusion between the MR effect multilayer position and the write gap layer position shows approximately 3.2-3.3 nm in any examples. Whereas in the TPTP profile of the practical example 1, this maximum peak value shows approximately 2.7 nm, it is understood that the TPTP phenomenon is sufficiently and surely suppressed. Consequently it is understood that the size of the write coil-insulating layer needs to regulate larger than the predetermined size in order to sufficiently and surely suppress the TPTP phenomenon. 
     Furthermore, according to  FIG. 10 , although the comparative example 2 has the write coil-insulating layer which has enough size as well as the practical example 1, the TPTP phenomenon has become larger than that of the practical example 1. Therefore, surely in order to suppress the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature, it is understood that it is insufficient for the size of the write coil-insulating layer to regulate larger than the predetermined size, and that the Young&#39;s modulus of the write coil-insulating layer needs to regulate in predetermined range. 
     First, the regulation of the size of the write coil-insulating layer will be explained using  FIG. 11  and  FIG. 12 . 
       FIG. 11  shows a graph showing the TPTP profile according to the practical example and the comparative examples having the write coil-insulating layer whose size is different. 
     Table 2 shows each parameter of the write coil-insulating layer according to a head sample which is used in the simulation whose result is shown in  FIG. 11 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Heat expansion 
               
               
                   
                   
                 modulus Y IN   
                 coefficient I IN   
               
               
                   
                 W CI (μm) × L CI (μm) 
                 (GPa) 
                 (/K) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Comparative 
                  60 × 30 
                 1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 4 
               
               
                 Comparative 
                 100 × 30 
                 1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 5 
               
               
                 Practical 
                  100 × 150 
                 1 
                 90 × 10 −6   
               
               
                 example 2 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     According to Table 2, the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  and the heat expansion coefficient I IN  are 1 GPa and 90×10 −6  in any head samples, respectively, but the size of the write coil-insulating layer is different from each sample. In comparative example 5, only the width W CI  is the same size as that of the practical example 2. 
     According to  FIG. 11 , as the write coil-insulating layer becomes larger like the comparative example 4, the comparative example 5, and the practical example 2, the maximum peak value of the protrusion in the TPTP profile reduces increasingly. Consequently it is understood that the size of the write coil-insulating layer needs to have enough size as the practical example 2 sufficiently and surely in order to suppress the TPTP phenomenon. 
       FIG. 12  shows a graph showing the maximum peak value of the protrusion according to the head sample having the write coil-insulating layer of various sizes.  FIG. 12  shows a relationship between the length L CI  of the write coil insulating layer and the maximum peak value of the protrusion in each head sample having the write coil-insulating layer of the various width W CI . 
     The Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is 1 GPa and heat expansion coefficient I IN  is 90×10 −6  in any used head samples. Also, the maximum peak value of the protrusion which is a vertical axis of  FIG. 12  becomes a regulation value when the maximum peak value of the protrusion is 100% in the conventional head, in which the size of the write coil-insulating layer is the width W CI ×the length L CI =46 μm×45 μm, the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is 30×10 −6 /K, and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is 6 Gpa. 
     According to  FIG. 12 , it is found that the maximum peak value of the protrusion is sufficiently and surely improved than that of the conventional head because the maximum peak value of the protrusion is widely and stably less then 100% which is the maximum peak value of the protrusion in the conventional head, in any head samples in which the width W CI  of the write coil-insulating layer is 46 μm, 70 μm, or 100 μm if the length L CI  becomes at least more than 75 μm beyond 50 μm. As respect the width W CI  of the write coil-insulating layer, its value become larger as 46 μm, 70 μm, 100 μm, the peak of the protrusion is reduced, so it is found that the TPTP phenomenon is suppressed more, and it is found that the TPTP phenomenon is suppressed better than the previous head if the width W CI  is at least 46 μm or more. 
     Consequently it is understood that it is very important that both of the length L CI  and the width W CI  of the write coil-insulating layer is set in regulated enough size or larger size than this size for sufficiently and surely suppressing the TPTP phenomenon. Of course the size of the write coil-insulating layer has an upper limit, then it is obvious that this must be put physically in an area on an element-formed surface of the slider substrate. 
     Next, the regulation of the heat expansion coefficient I IN  and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  will be explained using  FIG. 13 . 
       FIG. 13  shows a graph showing the maximum peak value of the protrusion according to the head samples having the various heat expansion coefficient IN and the various Young&#39;s modulus Y IN . 
     The size of the write coil-insulating layer is the width W CI ×the length L CI =100 μm×150 μm in any used head samples. Also, the maximum peak value of the protrusion which is a vertical axis of  FIG. 13  becomes a regulation value when the maximum peak value of the protrusion is 100% in the conventional head, in which the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is 30×10 −6 /K, and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is 6 GPa. 
     According to  FIG. 13 , it is found that the maximum peak value of the protrusion is less than 100% and is improved than that of conventional head in the head sample in which expansion coefficient I IN  is 30×10 −6 /K if the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 4 GPa. Whereas, in the case where the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is out of this range, the maximum peak value is almost 100% or more, then the suppression of the TPTP phenomenon is hardly seen. And it is found that the maximum peak value of the protrusion increases suddenly in each head sample in which the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is 60, 90, or 120×10 −6 /K, when the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  becomes smaller than 1 GPa. 
     Further, it is found that the maximum peak value of the protrusion is surely less than 100% and is widely improved than that of conventional head in the head sample, in which the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is larger than or equal to 60×10 −6 /K if the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 4 GPa. 
     As a result showing  FIGS. 10-13 , in the coil-insulating layer that the width W CI  of the track-width direction is larger than a width W C  that is a minimum size to need to insulate the whole coil insulating layer and is at least equal to or larger than 46 μm, and the length L CI  of the direction perpendicular to the track-width direction is larger than a length L C  that is a minimum length to need to insulate the whole coil insulating layer and is at least equal to or larger than 75 μm, it is found that the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is sufficiently and surely suppressed if the heat expansion coefficient I IN  is larger than or equal to 30×10 −6 /K and the Young&#39;s modulus Y IN  is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 4 GPa. Furthermore, it is found that the TPTP phenomenon due to the environment temperature is more sufficiently and surely suppressed if the heat expansion coefficient I IN  of the coil-insulating layer is larger than or equal to 60×10 −6 /K 
     All the foregoing embodiments are by way of example of the present invention only and not intended to be limiting, and many widely different alternations and modifications of the present invention may be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the present invention is limited only as defined in the following claims and equivalents thereto.