Patent ID: 7472470

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first resist layer on an insulating layer and forming in said resist layer a holed pattern having a hole space, of which inner width size in a direction of track width in at least as opposing surface of the head opposite to a recording medium gradually increases as the hole space departs farther away from said insulating layer; (b) forming a main magnetic pole layer in said holed pattern and then removing said first resist layer; and (c) forming a second resist layer having a larger film thickness than said main magnetic pole layer to overlie from said main magnetic pole layer to said insulating layer, forming in said second resist layer a holed pattern for a yoke layer, said holed pattern having a frost end surface positioned inward of said opposing surface, said holed pattern being positioned on said main magnetic pole layer or on said insulating layer in an area extending from a rear end surface of said main magnetic pole layer is a height direction, forming said yoke layer in said holed pattern by plating, and then removing said second resist layer.