Patent ID: 7793406

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a magnetic write pole over the substrate, the write pole having a non-magnetic trailing gap layer formed on a trailing edge of the write pole and first and second non-magnetic side gap layers formed on first and second sides of the write pole; depositing a non-magnetic electrically conductive layer; forming mask structure over the non-magnetic, electrically conductive layer, the mask having an opening in an area over the write pole that defines a desired non-magnetic bump shape, and covering an area away from the write pole to define an electrical lapping guide (ELG); performing an ion milling to remove an exposed portion of the non-magnetic, electrically conductive seed layer in the area away from the write pole to define an electrical lapping guide; and depositing a non-magnetic bump material to form a non-magnetic bump over a portion of the write pole; wherein the deposition of the non-magnetic bump material is performed in a manner to form a tapered edge on the non-magnetic bump.