Patent ID: 8081399

Claim:
A head carrier for a magnetic recording disk drive read/write head comprising: a carrier substrate having a generally planar surface with a head region and first and second electrical terminal pad regions; a first shield layer of electrically-conductive magnetically-permeable material in the head and pad regions, the first shield layer in the pad regions being coplanar with the first shield layer in the head region; a layer of dielectric material on the first shield layer in the head and pad regions, the dielectric layer in the pad regions being coplanar with the dielectric layer in the head region; a second shield layer of electrically-conductive magnetically-permeable material on the dielectric layer in the head and pad regions, the second shield layer in the pad regions being coplanar with the second shield layer in the head region; a first electrically conductive terminal connected to the second shield layer in the first pad region and a second electrically conductive terminal connected to the second shield layer in the second pad region; and a write head comprising an electrically conductive coil on the substrate, the coil having a first end electrically connected to the first terminal and a second end electrically connected to the second terminal.