Patent ID: 7280313

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a magnetic write element, comprising: providing a substrate; depositing a patterned multilayer seed structure, wherein said multilayer seed structure comprises: a first electrically conductive seed layer; a first dielectric material layer formed over said first electrically conductive seed; layer a second electrically conductive seed; layer and a second dielectric material layer formed over said second electrically conductive seed; layer depositing a photoresist layer; hard baking said photoresist layer; patterning said hard baked photoresist layer with a mask having at least one opening; performing a first material removal process to remove a portion of said hard baked photoresist material, wherein said material removal process is performed sufficiently to expose a portion of said first seed layer; electroplating a first conductive material onto said exposed portion of said first seed layer; etching openings in a portion of the exposed seed structure; and electroplating a second electrically conductive material.