US 12,148,452 B1
Current distal to media facing surface
Muhammad Asif Bashir, San Jose, CA (US); Suping Song, Fremont, CA (US); Yaguang Wei, Pleasanton, CA (US); Terence T. Lam, Cupertino, CA (US); and Petrus Antonius Van Der Heijden, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,081.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/465,318, filed on May 10, 2023.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/11 (2006.01); G11B 5/115 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/115 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic recording head, comprising:
a trailing shield disposed at a media facing surface (MFS);
a main pole disposed adjacent to the trailing shield at the MFS;
a first lead disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield, the first lead being recessed from the MFS, wherein a first portion of the first lead is disposed in contact with the main pole, and wherein a second portion of the first lead has a greater thickness than the first portion; and
a first insulating layer disposed between and in contact with the second portion of the first lead and the main pole, the first insulating layer being recessed from the MFS.