Patent ID: 6892442

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head, including the steps of: forming a plurality of thin-film magnetic head element portions in a section to be a main body wherein a thin-film magnetic head element is to be formed in a substrate, the section having a first surface and a second surface facing directions opposed to each other, the element portions including at least one first thin-film magnetic head element portion having a pole tip that faces the first surface and at least one second thin-film magnetic head element portion having a pole tip that faces the second surface; forming a plurality of electrodes, in the section to be the main body, to be provided for a single thin-film magnetic head element portion, each of the plurality of electrodes for electrically connecting any one of the element portions to an external device; and forming a plurality of conductors, in the section to be the main body, for electrically connecting either the at least one first thin-film magnetic head element portion or the at least one second thin-film magnetic head element portion to the electrodes, the other of the at least one first thin-film magnetic head element portion or the at least one second thin-film magnetic head element portion is not connected to the electrodes.