摘要 |
A thin film magnetic data transducer has a reading data a magnetoresistive sensing element with a projection not more than about 1.5 .mu.m. long under at least one of the poles. The projection's tip is approximately flush with the end of the pole, and because of its proximity to the medium, allows greater sensitivity in reading magnetic patterns in the recording medium. As long as the length of the projection is less than about the stated dimension (length measured normal to the medium surface) the sensing element does not bread up into domains. |