Patent ID: 6982932

Claim:
A recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a first magnetic head for recording a signal onto a recording medium; and a second magnetic head for reproducing the signal recorded on the recording medium; wherein: the first magnetic head comprises: a first substrate; a first magnetic head core provided on the first substrate, having a first magnetic gap; and a coil provided in such a manner that at least a portion of the first magnetic head core is surrounded by the coil, wherein the first magnetic head core is provided in such a manner that a thickness direction of the first magnetic head core around the first magnetic gap is substantially the same as a track width direction of the recording medium; and the second magnetic head comprises: a second substrate; a second magnetic head core provided on the second substrate, having a second magnetic gap; and a first magnetoresistance device provided on the second magnetic head core, wherein the first magnetoresistance device comprises: an insulating layer provided on the second magnetic head core; and a pinned layer provided on a side opposite to the second magnetic head core of the insulating layer, wherein a magnetization direction is not easily rotated in the pinned layer, wherein the second magnetic head core comprises a soft magnetic layer provided at a position corresponding to the second insulating layer; and the soft magnetic layer functions as a free layer of the first magnetoresistance device, wherein a magnetization direction is easily rotated in the free layer.