Thin film read/write head without wrap-around pole effect.

摘要

In a combined read/write thin film magnetic head in which the write head is wider than the read head, signal loss during reading caused by lateral off-set of the read head from the center of the tape track, is reduced or eliminated by reducing or eliminating the steps in the write gap caused by layers below the write gap layer (50) wrapping around the narrow lower flux guide layers. <IMAGE>