Abstract: A planar air bearing slider assembly has an air bearing surface (ABS), a top surface opposite the ABS, and a trailing end. A thin film magnetic transducer is formed on the slider. The transducer has first and second spaced magnetic pole layers that define a magnetic yoke region. A coil structure having first and second ends is disposed between the pole layers for conducting data signals. First and second copper traces are routed from the first and second ends to the trailing end of the planar slider. First and second gold foil bonding pads located on the trailing end of the slider are attached to the copper traces with silver epoxy to provide an external connection to the coil.

Abstract: An air bearing magnetic head is formed with a trimmed head pole tip that includes first and second poles having first and second surfaces respectively, which are coplanar with the air bearing surface of the magnetic head. A pair of leading and trailing bevel surfaces are angularly formed with respect to the first and second surfaces respectively. The bevel surfaces retract portions of the head pole tip away from the surface of a storage medium, and render the head pole tip less sensitive to stray flux, resulting in readback data signals being practically free of undesirable signal undershoots and overshoots. In addition, a minute amount of pole material of the first and second surfaces are trimmed away, thereby defining stepped areas with narrow widths in the first and second poles. The stepped areas enable the magnetic head to record data with narrow and well defined track widths.