Patent ID: 7692894

Claim:
A thin film magnetic head comprising: an upper coil wire group and a lower coil wire group that are respectively located above and below a magnetic material layer and that respectively have a plurality of coil wires arranged in a height direction to extend in a track width direction; two columns of coil contact groups that are formed on both end portions of individual coil wires of the upper coil wire group and the lower coil wire group and connect both end portions of the coil wires; an insulating resist layer that buries a space between coil contacts of the coil contact groups; and an inorganic insulating layer that buries a space between the two columns of coil contact groups, wherein the upper coil wire group, the lower coil wire group, and the two columns of coil contact groups form a thin film coil that applies a magnetic recording field to the magnetic material layer, and the insulating resist layer and the inorganic insulating layer are located in at least a cross section of the two columns between coil contact groups that is perpendicular to the lamination direction.