Patent ID: 8000058

Claim:
A perpendicular recording magnetic head, comprising: a write functional section consisting of: a coil conductor, wherein the coil conductor is electrically insulated within the write functional section by an insulating underlayer, a layer of hot-treated resist resin, and a nonmagnetic insulating film; first and second soft magnetic films provided at the bottom and top of the coil conductor, the first and second soft magnetic films having a spacing therebetween on air bearing surface sides thereof and being magnetically connected to each other at rear ends thereof; a main magnetic pole piece magnetically connected to an upper surface of one of the first and second soft magnetic films, the main magnetic pole piece defining a recording track width; and a pedestal magnetic pole piece provided on the air bearing surface side and on an upper surface of at least one of the first and second soft magnetic films; and a read functional section provided adjacently to said write functional section, and having a reading element disposed between upper and lower magnetic shield films; wherein the pedestal magnetic pole piece has a thickness height in a direction parallel to an air bearing surface that is substantially equal to a film thickness of the soft magnetic film at which the pedestal magnetic pole piece is provided, and a width in a recording track width direction of the pedestal magnetic pole piece is substantially equal to a width in the recording track width direction of the soft magnetic film at which the pedestal magnetic pole piece is provided, and the thickness height is substantially maintained along the width of the pedestal magnetic pole piece, and; wherein a front end of the second soft magnetic film is formed away from the air bearing surface; wherein the main magnetic pole piece and the pedestal magnetic pole piece are separate and distinct layers from the first and second soft magnetic films.