Patent ID: 8441757

Claim:
A magnetic write head, comprising: a magnetic write pole; a non-magnetic step layer formed over a portion of the write pole and terminating at an end that is removed from an air bearing surface; a tapered trailing edge formed on the write pole, the tapered trailing edge being located between the end of the non-magnetic step layer and the air bearing surface; a non-magnetic bump formed on the end of the non-magnetic step layer and on a portion of the trailing edge of the write pole; a non-magnetic trailing gap layer formed over the write pole, the non-magnetic bump and the non-magnetic step layer; and a magnetic trailing shield formed over at least a portion of the non-magnetic trailing gap layer; wherein the write pole has first and second laterally opposed sides and wherein the trailing shield is a wrap around shield that extends down beside the first and second sides of the write pole and is separated from the first and second sides of the write pole by first and second non-magnetic side-gap layers.