Patent ID: 7054113

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a reader/writer, comprising: providing a substrate; forming an undercoat over the substrate; forming a first shield over a portion of the undercoat; forming a first reader lead over the first shield; forming a read sensor over the first reader lead; forming a second reader lead over the read sensor; forming a first pole/second shield over the second reader lead; forming a mid coat over the undercoat and a portion of the first pole/second shield; forming a coil over the first pole/second shield; forming a second pole over the coil; forming first and second leads connected to the coil; forming an overcoat over the first and second leads; and forming a pad stack over the mid coat and not in the mid coat including: a pole selected from a group consisting of the first pole/second shield and the second pole; a lead selected from a group consisting of the first and second reader leads and the first and second writer leads; a pedestal connected to the pole and lead; and a pad connected to the pedestal.