Patent ID: 7325296

Claim:
A method for fabricating a magnetic head, comprising the steps of: fabricating a read head upon a substrate surface, said read head including a first magnetic shield and a sensor element; and fabricating a second magnetic shield above said sensor element, including the steps of: depositing a first laminated structure including a plurality of layers, wherein each said layer includes a sublayer having a thickness of a low magnetostrictive material and a sublayer having a thickness of a high magnetostrictive material, and wherein said low magnetostriction material sublayer is thicker than said high magnetostriction material sublayer; and depositing a further laminated structure including a plurality of layers, wherein each said layer includes a sublayer having a thickness of a low magnetostrictive material and a sublayer having a thickness of a high magnetostrictive material, and wherein said low magnetostrictive material sublayer is thinner than said high magnetostrictive material sublayer.