Patent ID: 8908333

Claim:
A magnetic read transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS) and comprising: a first read sensor; a shield residing in a down track direction from the first read sensor, the shield including a first shield layer, a second shield layer and an insulating layer between the first shield layer and the second shield layer, the first shield layer residing between the first read sensor and the second shield layer, the first shield layer having a first footprint, the second shield layer having a second footprint, the second shield layer overlapping the first shield layer in the down track direction by an overlap, the overlap being not more than fifty percent of the first footprint and not more than fifty percent of the second footprint; and a second read sensor, the first shield layer residing between the first read sensor and the second read sensor in the down track direction, the second shield layer being between the first shield layer and the second read sensor.