Patent ID: 8427782

Claim:
A magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording comprising: a medium facing surface that faces toward a recording medium; a first coil and a second coil each generating a magnetic field corresponding to data to be written on the recording medium; a magnetic layer for writing having an end face located in the medium facing surface, allowing a magnetic flux corresponding to the field generated by each of the first and second coils to pass therethrough, and generating a write magnetic field for writing the data on the recording medium by means of a perpendicular magnetic recording system; a first magnetic layer for flux concentration disposed backward of the magnetic layer for writing along a direction of travel of the recording medium, connected to the magnetic layer for writing at a location away from the medium facing surface, and allowing a magnetic flux corresponding to the field generated by the first coil to pass; and a second magnetic layer for flux concentration disposed forward of the magnetic layer for writing along the direction of travel of the recording medium, connected to the magnetic layer for writing at a location away from the medium facing surface, and allowing a magnetic flux corresponding to the field generated by the second coil to pass, wherein: the magnetic layer for writing incorporates: a pole layer having the end face located in the medium facing surface; and a yoke layer connected to the pole layer and disposed backward of the pole layer along the direction of travel of the recording medium at a location away from the medium facing surface; the first magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the yoke layer; the second magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the pole layer; when seen in a direction orthogonal to an interface between the first magnetic layer for flux concentration and the yoke layer, the first coil is wound around the interface between the first magnetic layer for flux concentration and the yoke layer; and when seen in a direction orthogonal to an interface between the second magnetic layer for flux concentration and the pole layer, the second coil is wound around the interface between the second magnetic layer for flux concentration and the pole layer, the magnetic head further comprising a nonmagnetic layer made of a nonmagnetic material and disposed between the pole layer and the yoke layer, wherein: when seen in the direction orthogonal to the interface between the first magnetic layer for flux concentration and the yoke layer, at least part of the nonmagnetic layer is disposed at a location that coincides with at least part of this interface; and the yoke layer is connected to the pole layer at least at a location closer to the medium facing surface than the nonmagnetic layer.