Patent ID: 8243387

Claim:
A magnetic head comprising a slider and a perpendicular recording element, wherein said perpendicular recording element includes a main magnetic pole film for emitting a perpendicular magnetic field and is supported by said slider, said main magnetic pole film includes an electrode film and a plated film, said electrode film is a single seed film layer for plating and is disposed on a non-magnetic film which is made of an insulating material, said plated film is a single magnetic film layer grown on said electrode film, said electrode film is a PdNi alloy containing Pd in the range of 95 to 80 at. % and Ni in the range of 5 to 20 at. %, a trailing edge of said plated film is adjacent to a gap film between said main magnetic pole film and a write shield film, and said electrode film is disposed along a bottom face and both side faces of said plated film.