Patent ID: 8628672

Claim:
A method for fabricating a magnetic recording transducer, the method comprising: providing a magnetic writer pole and nonmagnetic stack comprising: a pole tip section adjacent an air bearing surface (ABS) plane with a first pole height; a main pole section located a first throat height from the ABS plane and having a second pole height greater than the first pole height, a trailing bevel section extending from the ABS plane to the main pole section, the trailing bevel section having a first beveled surface at a first angle to the ABS plane, and the nonmagnetic stack over the main pole section, wherein the nonmagnetic stack does not extend over at least a portion of the trailing bevel section near the ABS plane; depositing a dielectric write gap layer over the nonmagnetic stack and the magnetic writer pole; depositing an etch stop layer over the dielectric write gap layer; depositing a layer of nonmagnetic fill material over the etch stop layer; removing portions of the nonmagnetic fill material to form a nonmagnetic bevel over the trailing bevel section, the nonmagnetic bevel extending from a second throat height distal from the ABS plane to the first throat height, the nonmagnetic bevel having a second beveled surface at a second angle to the ABS plane, the second angle being less than the first angle; exposing a portion of the dielectric write gap layer by removing a portion of the etch stop layer between the ABS plane and the second throat height by reactive ion etching (RIE), and depositing a trailing shield over a resultant structure.