A perpendicular magnetic recording head includes an auxiliary magnetic pole
layer exposed at a surface facing a recording medium, a main magnetic pole
layer deposited on the auxiliary magnetic pole layer with an insulating
layer therebetween, a coil layer for applying a recording magnetic field
to the auxiliary magnetic pole layer and the main magnetic pole layer, and
a connecting layer placed on the auxiliary magnetic pole layer toward the
back from the surface facing the recording medium. At the surface facing
the recording medium, the upper base of the main magnetic pole layer is
wider than the lower base so that the width in the track width direction
of the main magnetic pole layer gradually increases with distance from the
auxiliary magnetic pole layer. A method for making such a perpendicular
magnetic recording head is also disclosed.
