Patent ID: 7562437

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a write head for perpendicular magnetic recording, the method comprising: providing a substrate; depositing a magnetic write pole material; forming a mask structure over the magnetic write pole material, the mask structure including a hard mask layer and an end point detection layer; performing a first ion mill to form a write pole; depositing a non-magnetic material; performing a second ion mill to remove a portion of the non-magnetic material layer and terminating the second ion mill upon reaching the end point detection layer; performing a reactive ion etch (RIE) to remove the end point detection layer; and depositing a magnetic material to form a trailing wrap around shield; wherein the non-magnetic material is an electrically insulating material, and wherein the depositing the magnetic material to form a trailing wrap around shield further comprises depositing a magnetic, electrically conductive seed layer and then electroplating the magnetic material.