METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MASK USED THEREFOR

摘要

A method and device are provided for inexpensively and easily masking a magnetic recording head to be ion-beam milled. According to the invention, a magnetic mask (36) comprising a magnet shaped to form a mask (36) for a predefined pattern, is used in place of more expensive and complex photolithographic techniques to mask, or protect, a predefined area of the magnetic recording head being milled from the ion-beam.