Patent ID: 8091210

Claim:
A method for providing a structure in a magnetic recording transducer, the structure residing on an underlayer, the method comprising; providing a protective layer using a first mask, the protective layer covering a field region and exposing a device region, the structure to reside in the device region; providing at least one layer for the structure, a first portion of the at least one layer residing in the device region and a second portion of the at least one layer residing in the field region; removing the second portion of the at least one layer using an over-removal condition and a second mask, at least part of the first portion of the at least one layer being covered by the second mask, a first portion of the protective layer in the field region being removed by the over-removal condition, the underlayer being covered by a remaining portion of the protective layer in the field region after the removing is completed; and removing the remaining portion of the protective layer; wherein a removal rate of the underlayer during the step of removing of the protective layer is substantially less than a removal rate of the protective layer during the step of removing the remaining portion of the protective layer in the field region.