Abstract: A thin film magnetic head includes a recording pole layer that is divided into a tip portion, a wide rear portion, a flare portion, and a yoke portion as viewed from the air bearing surface (ABS). The tip portion and the wide rear portion directly contact a write gap layer. Part of the wide rear portion has a greater width that the tip portion. The wide rear portion is provided between the tip portion and the flare portion to reduce magnetic reluctance. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the pattern accuracy of the tip portion width by providing the flare portion, which reflects a large quantity of light, far from the ABS, while preventing an increase of the magnetic reluctance.

Abstract: A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a packet signal containing the clock reference and a digitally compressed video signal, a time stamp for a packet is generated using a clock signal in phase with the clock reference and added to the particular packet, and the packet signals with the time stamp added thereto are recorded closely to each other in a data storage element such as a magnetic recording medium. At playback, the packet interval is output by being restored to the original length on the basis of the time stamp added to the packet in store.

Abstract: In an electroplating machine having a number of cathode electrodes which are simultaneously brought into contact with a silicon wafer to be electroplated in a semiconductor device fabricating process, a detector for detecting a contact resistance anomaly in a number of cathode electrodes includes a testing wafer which is formed of a circular silicon wafer and which has a number of metal film strips formed on one surface of the circular silicon wafer, separately from each other, so that the number of cathode electrodes can be individually brought into contact with the number of metal film strips, respectively. When the cathode electrodes are individually brought into contact with the metal film strips, respectively, a measuring tool is used to measure a contact resistance between each of the number of cathode electrodes and a corresponding one of the number of metal film strips.

Abstract: A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a packet signal containing the clock reference and a digitally compressed video signal, a time stamp for a packet is generated using a clock signal in phase with the clock reference and added to the particular packet, and the packet signals with the time stamp added thereto are recorded closely to each other in a data storage element such as a magnetic recording medium. At playback, the packet interval is output by being restored to the original length on the basis of the time stamp added to the packet in store.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which includes wiring dense part and wiring isolated part enables occurrence of ‘Erosion’ to be prevented, as well as it is capable of being prevented occurrence of ‘micro-scratch’ on surface of oxide layer. The manufacturing method sets a plurality of trench-parts on insulation layer, before forming metal plating layer consisting of copper so as to embed trench-parts. Manufacturing process implements annealing in such a way that grain-size of the metal plating layer in the wiring dense part becomes smaller than the grain-size in the wiring isolated part. The annealing, for instance, is implemented with substrate temperature of 70 to 200° C. Subsequently, the manufacturing step perfects the semiconductor device while polishing the metal plating layer to cause the surface of the substrate to be flat.

Abstract: A communication system has an analog signal broadcasting station for transmitting an analog signal, a digital signal broadcasting station for transmitting a digital signal and a receiving unit for receiving the analog signal from the analog signal broadcasting station and the digital signal from the digital signal broadcasting station. The receiving unit has a recording and reproducing unit for selectively recording one of received analog and digital signals. The recording and reproducing unit has heads for analog signal each having a predetermined azimuth angle and operative to record an analog signal and heads for digital signal each having an azimuth angle larger than that of the analog signal head and operative to record a digital signal, and performs selective recording and reproduction of the analog signal and the digital signal on and from a recording medium.

Abstract: An ID head is formed after a MR head is formed. An upper shield far from a substrate is a first magnetic pole. A nonmagnetic insulator existing through a magnetic gap on the first magnetic pole determines zero throat height, thereby specifying a recording track width of less than 2 .mu.m. The ID head comprises a front end portion of a second magnetic pole, which is exposed to ABS and partly rides over the nonmagnetic insulator, a nonmagnetic insulator for burying a step by the front end portion, a coil which is formed on the nonmagnetic insulator and covered with a nonmagnetic insulator, and a main body portion of the second magnetic pole formed so as to ride over the coil and front end portion. As a result, it is possible to solved various problems of the ID head in which the front end portion of the second magnetic pole is formed first to realize a narrow track width.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes an input circuit for inputting the digital signal, an identification information addition circuit for adding recording identification information indicative of recording identification for the digital signal input through the input circuit, a recording circuit for recoding the digital signal with the recording identification information on the recoding medium, a reproducing circuit for reproducing the content of the recording medium, an identification information detecting portion for detecting the identification information from a reproduced signal reproduced by the reproducing circuit for ouputting an identification information detection signal indicative of detection of the identification information, a storage circuit for storing the reproduced signal, a time stamp detection circuit for detecting the time stamp from the reproduced signal stored in the storage circuit, an output control circuit for generating a timing for reading the reproduced signal

Abstract: A soft magnetic thin film for magnetic head has high saturation magnetization and at the same time high resistivity. There are provided a method of manufacturing the soft magnetic thin film and a magnetic head and a magnetic storage unit which use the soft magnetic thin film. At least one of lower and upper soft magnetic layers of magnetic head which define a magnetic circuit is formed of a soft magnetic thin film having as a main constituent a Co--Ni--Fe alloy consisting of 30 to 90 at % Co, less than 40 at % Ni and less than 40 at % Fe and containing at least S by 0.5 to 4 at %. The soft magnetic thin film is formed from a Co--Ni--Fe alloy plating solution containing metal salts of Co, Ni and Fe and additionally containing a sulfur system organic compound through electrodeposition process.

Abstract: A video signal input-output circuit and a recording-reproduction apparatus in which a digitally compressed video signal input in packet form can be recorded and reproduced efficiently and in stable fashion. In this apparatus, a clock reference is detected from a packet signal containing the clock reference and a digitally compressed video signal, a time stamp for a packet is generated using a clock signal in phase with the clock reference and added to the particular packet, and the packet signals with the time stamp added thereto are recorded closely to each other in a data storage element such as a magnetic recording medium. At playback, the packet interval is output by being restored to the original length on the basis of the time stamp added to the packet in store.

Abstract: A communication system has an analog signal broadcasting station for transmitting an analog signal, a digital signal broadcasting station for transmitting a digital signal and a receiving unit for receiving the analog signal from the analog signal broadcasting station and the digital signal from the digital signal broadcasting station. The receiving unit has a recording and reproducing unit for selectively recording one of received analog and digital signals. The recording and reproducing unit has heads for analog signal each having a predetermined azimuth angle and operative to record an analog signal and heads for digital signal each having an azimuth angle larger than that of the analog signal head and operative to record a digital signal, and performs selective recording and reproduction of the analog signal and the digital signal on and from a recording medium.

Abstract: A thin film magnetic head capable of recording and reproducing data accurately by providing a sufficient gap between adjoining terminals while providing each terminal with a required area. Magnetic elements are each connected to a respective terminal by leads. The terminals connected to the same magnetic element are deviated from each other in the widthwise direction of a slider. Gold terminals are respectively provided on the terminals and arranged at spaced locations along the width of the slider. The terminals connected to the same magnetic element have their corner portions facing each other removed to form parallel slants.