Patent ID: 7995307

Claim:
A perpendicular magnetic recording write head for magnetizing regions in data tracks of a magnetic recording layer comprising: a substrate; a magnetic write pole (WP) comprising a layer of magnetic material formed on the substrate, the WP having a cross-track width at an end facing the recording layer and a wider cross-track width at a region recessed from the end, the WP having a throat height from its end to a transition point where its width transitions to its wider width; a nonmagnetic gap layer on the WP; a nonmagnetic metal seed layer on the gap layer for enabling electroplating on the seed layer; a nonmagnetic metal pad layer electroplated on the seed layer and having a front edge recessed from the WP end; and a trailing shield (TS) comprising a layer of magnetically permeable material on the WP layer and pad layer, the TS having an end generally coplanar with the WP end and having a cross-track width substantially wider than the WP's cross-track width, the TS having a throat height (TH) from its end to the pad layer front edge.