SLIDER FOR THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a slider for a thin-film magnetic head by a small number of steps. SOLUTION: A slider 20 is provided with a slider section 21 and an element section 22. The slider section 21 has a first medium facing surface 31 and an air inflow end 41. The element section 22 has a second medium facing surface 32, an air outflow end 42 and a thin-film magnetic head element 23. The slider section 21 and the element section are separately manufactured, and bonded to each other so that the air inflow end 41 and the air outflow end 42 are disposed on opposite sides with the first medium facing surface 31 and the second medium facing surface 32 inbetween. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO