Patent ID: 7392578

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic head with a write element, the method comprising: connecting a first yoke portion and a second yoke portion to each other by a back gap portion; disposing a first pole portion and a second pole portion in a medium-facing surface side of the first yoke portion and the second yoke portion respectively; forming a coil surrounding in a spiral form the back gap portion above the first yoke portion; forming a part of which the first pole portion is composed of so that said part extends to cover the upper surface of the coil; forming a gap film on the first pole portion, wherein the gap film is disposed between the first pole portion and the second pole portion and includes a non-magnetic metal film or an inorganic insulating film that extends from the medium-facing surface side and covers one surface of the coil facing the second pole portion; and trimming the first pole portion so as to have a width fitting the second pole portion.