Patent ID: 7791834

Claim:
A magnetic head having a tape bearing surface, comprising: a plurality of writers, each writer having first and second poles each having a pole tip positioned towards the tape bearing surface, a front gap defined between the pole tips, and a back gap defined along an electrical coupling of the poles at portions thereof positioned away from the tape bearing surface; wherein widths of the front and back gaps are defined in a direction parallel to the tape bearing surface and parallel to planes of deposition thereof, wherein a ratio of the width of the back gap to the width of the front gap is less than about 3:1, wherein the width of the front gap is between about 2 and about 10 microns, and further comprising servo readers positioned outside the writers, wherein a distance between the servo readers is less than about 1.5 mm, wherein each of the writers includes a coil, wherein the coil is stacked in at least two layers.