Patent ID: 6912769

Claim:
A method of fabricating a magnetic head for either recording magnetic information onto a magnetic storage medium or reproducing recorded magnetic information therefrom, comprising: forming a peel-off layer on top of a substrate; forming a first film on top of the peel-off layer, the first film having a first surface facing on the side of the peel-off layer and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface; forming an aperture in the first film, the aperture leading to the first surface from the second surface; forming a magnetic layer in the aperture, the magnetic layer filling the aperture; forming a first film magnetic element that is to be magnetically coupled with the magnetic layer on top of the first film; and detaching the resultant assembly from the substrate by etching the peel-off layer and forming a medium-facing surface that is parallel to a main surface of the first film.