A magnetic reading head comprising: a bottom shield; a top shield; an AMR
device with MR and SAL separated by a thin insulating layer; a first
insulting gap layer between said bottom shield and said AMR; a second
insulating gap layer between said AMR and said top shield; a conductive
layer contact at one end region of said MR and SAL. Furthermore, magnetic
reading heads with GMR device free of electric-pop noise also are
disclosed.