The present invention includes an overplated component which includes an
enlarged mushroom head having outer portions which overhang a hard baked
resist layer. The device is ultimately encapsulated such that no voids
and/or redeposition problems exist under the overhang due to the presence
of the hard baked resist. While not intended to be limiting in any
manner, a device of the present invention is a thin film magnetic head
wherein the yoke portion of a magnetic pole is formed utilizing the
mushroom plating techniques of the present invention. Another mushroom
plated component found in many devices is a mushroom plated electrical
interconnecting stud that is formed utilizing the process steps of the
present invention.