Double chip flying head

Claim 1

A multitrack magnetic read/write head for use with a movable magnetic recording medium having a plurality of tracks, said head having a plurality of transducers for each of said tracks, said head comprising: a substrate having first and second mutually spaced surfaces normal to the plane of said medium, the distance between said first and said second surfaces being relatively small compared to the length dimension of each of said surfaces in a direction parallel to the plane of said medium; a plurality of first magnetic write poles mounted in spaced relationship in a row on said first surface; a plurality of second magnetic write poles each overlying a corresponding first write pole in paired alignment therewith; a continuous write conductor, successive spaced portions of said write conductor being mounted between said write pole pairs to form successive spaced write transducers; a plurality of write terminals mounted on said continuous conductor between said spaced write transducers; a magnetoresistive film deposited on said second surface of said substrate and extending along the full length dimension thereof opposite said write transducers; and a plurality of read terminals respectively mounted on said magnetoresistive film opposite corresponding spaces between said write transducers to form read transducers.