Method of forming magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- applying a first coating to a media facing side of a module, the module having an array of transducers extending along a media facing side of the module, the array of transducers including at least one first transducer and several second transducers, the first and second transducers being of different magnetic transducer types positioned towards the media facing side of the module, wherein the different transducer types are selected from a group consisting of data reader transducers, servo reader transducers, write transducers, piggyback read-write transducers and merged read-write transducers,wherein the first coating forms at least a portion of a first protection structure for protecting the at least one first transducer,wherein the first protection structure is on both sides of the at least one first transducer in a direction of tape travel thereacross,wherein the second transducers have either no protection or are protected by a second protection structure that is different than the first protection structure.
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes applying a coating to a media facing side of a module, the module having first and second transducers of different magnetic transducer types positioned towards the media facing side of the module, wherein the different transducer types are selected from a group consisting of data reader transducers, servo reader transducers, write transducers, piggyback read-write transducers and merged read-write transducers; wherein the coating forms at least a portion of a first protection structure for protecting the first transducer; and wherein the second transducer has either no protection or is protected by a second protection structure that is different than the first protection structure.
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1. A method, comprising:
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applying a first coating to a media facing side of a module, the module having an array of transducers extending along a media facing side of the module, the array of transducers including at least one first transducer and several second transducers, the first and second transducers being of different magnetic transducer types positioned towards the media facing side of the module, wherein the different transducer types are selected from a group consisting of data reader transducers, servo reader transducers, write transducers, piggyback read-write transducers and merged read-write transducers, wherein the first coating forms at least a portion of a first protection structure for protecting the at least one first transducer, wherein the first protection structure is on both sides of the at least one first transducer in a direction of tape travel thereacross, wherein the second transducers have either no protection or are protected by a second protection structure that is different than the first protection structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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applying a first coating to a media facing side of a module, the module having first and second transducers of different transducer types positioned towards a media facing side of the module, wherein the different transducer types are selected from a group consisting of data reader transducers, servo reader transducers, write transducers, piggyback read-write transducers and merged read-write transducers, wherein the first and second transducers are aligned with each other in a linear array, the first transducers flanking the second transducers; wherein the first coating forms at least a portion of a first protection structure for protecting the first transducers; and applying a second coating to the media facing side of the module, wherein the second coating forms at least a portion of a second protection structure that is different than the first protection structure, the second protection structure being for protecting the second transducers; wherein the first protection structure is on both sides of the first transducers in a direction of tape travel thereacross, wherein the second protection structure is on both sides of the second transducers in a direction of tape travel thereacross. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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