Abstract: The invention relates to a low-noise toroidal TFH device including a solenoidal or helical coil with low coil resistance and inductance, especially suitable for very high magnetic recording areal densities and channel frequencies. The length of a solenoidal coil turn is only about 20-30% that of an average turn in the conventional planar spiral coil design. This allows either reduction of the device thermal noise (by about 6 dB) and/or increase of the device operational frequency bandwidth (by a factor of 3-5). Also, the solenoidal coil coupling efficiency between each turn and the magnetic core is practically 100%, thereby improving the write and read-back efficiencies. Other features of the invention include a non-via large back-closure contact area between the bottom and top magnetic poles along their entire back-side width, and elimination of all other open branches and loose ends in the magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A low-noise toroidal thin film head ("TFH") device has low coil resistance and inductance, especially suitable for very high magnetic recording areal densities and channel frequencies. The length of a toroidal coil turn is only about 20-30% that of the length of an average turn in the conventional planar spiral coil design. This allows either reduction of the device thermal noise (by about 6 dB) and/or increase of the device operational frequency bandwidth (by a factor of 3-5). The toroidal coil coupling efficiency between each turn and the magnetic core is practically 100%, thereby improving the write and read-back efficiencies. In one embodiment a non-via large back-closure contact area is provided between the bottom and top magnetic poles along their entire back-side width, and all other open branches and loose ends in the magnetic circuit are eliminated. The magnetic core has a gradual, smooth toroidal (or a horse-shoe) shape with no loose ends, nooks, crevices, or sharp corners.