Patent ID: 6898057

Claim:
A thin film magnetic head having a write head adjacent to a read head, wherein said write head comprises: a lower first magnetic film, a lower second magnetic film, provided over said lower first magnetic film on an air bearing surface side, for determining a track width, a first insulating film provided over said lower first magnetic film, a magnetic gap film provided over said first insulating film and said lower second magnetic film on the air bearing surface side, an upper first magnetic film provided over said magnetic gap film to determine the track width, an upper second magnetic film provided to be connected to a rear end of said upper first magnetic film, a coil provided over said first insulating film, a second insulating film provided so as to cover circumferences of the coil and said upper second magnetic film, and an upper third magnetic film provided over said second insulating film and said upper second magnetic film to be connected to said upper second magnetic film on the air bearing surface side and to said lower first magnetic film on a rear end side.