MAGNETO-RESISTIVE READING/INDUCTIVE WRITING MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY AND IT MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:JPH10255235A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-25

    申请号:JP31309497

    申请日:1997-11-14

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magneto-resistive(MR) reading/inductive writing magnetic head assembly which is formed on a hard electrically insulated substrate to have static electricity discharging(ESD) protection property. SOLUTION: An MR head assembly 50 is preferentially composed of a hard electrically insulated substrate 52 formed of sapphire or alumina TiC, a plurality of alumina layers 54 formed on the substrate, a magneto-resistance reading/ induction writing head 56 arranged between the alumina layers, a silicon layer 58 supported by the substrate and a semiconductor circuit 60 which is built into the silicon layer to provide the static electricity discharging protection property for the head and is connected with the magneto-resistive reading/ inductive writing head. The silicon layer is epitaxially grown on the substrate when it is the sapphire substrate and joined to the substrate when it is the alumina TiC substrate. With the hard electrically insulated substrate and alumina layer, the assembly is provided with a hard air bearing surface 62 having almost uniform overlapping area and etching characteristic and excellent durability.

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