Patent ID: 8879207

Claim:
A write transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS), the write transducer comprising: a leading edge magnetic shield having a sloped top surface distal from the ABS, a pole having a bottom, a top, a plurality of sidewalls, and a pole tip portion, the top being wider than the bottom in the pole tip portion; at least one nonmagnetic layer, a portion of the at least one nonmagnetic layer surrounding the bottom and sidewalls of the pole, a side shield substantially surrounding the portion of the at least one nonmagnetic layer such that the side shield substantially surrounds the bottom and sidewalls of the pole, a portion of the side shield resides between the pole and the leading edge magnetic shield, the side shield is interface-free between the pole and the leading edge magnetic shield and the side shield is interface-free adjacent to the sidewalls of the pole; a nonmagnetic gap layer adjacent to at least the top of the pole; and a trailing edge shield, at least a portion of the nonmagnetic gap layer being between the top of the pole and the trailing edge shield.