Patent ID: 7081367

Claim:
A manufacturing method of a head gimbal assembly with a thin-film magnetic head provided with a magnetoresistive effect element comprising: forming a plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements on a wafer; forming a plurality of pairs of connection pads, each pair of connection pads being electrically connected across each magnetoresistive effect element; forming a plurality of thin-film short-circuit patterns on a surface of said wafer, each short-circuit electrically short-circuiting between each pair of connection pads; cutting said wafer into a plurality of bar members so that the plurality of magnetoresistive effect elements are aligned on each bar member; cutting and separating each bar member into a plurality of individual magnetic head sliders; assembling each individual magnetic head slider with a support member to form the head gimbal assembly; and thereafter breaking each short-circuit pattern by laser radiation during a subsequent manufacturing process of the magnetic head.