1 Gbit/sec magnetic recording was demonstrated with integrated inductive write/GMR read heads on a thin film disk with a coercivity of 3200 Oe and an Mrt of 0.34 memu/cm 2 with a spinstand tester prototyped by Guzik Technical Enterprise. The write heads were made with high moment materials on both P1 and P2 and a densely packed coil using conventional manufacturing processes, and the read heads were made of dual synthetic spin valve sensor used for the 36 Gbit/in 2 areal density demonstration. The interconnect between the head and pre-amplifier is a pair of twisted wires of about 2 inch length. The demonstration was done at the outer diameter of the disk rotating at 15 000 RPM. With a modest 35 mA (0-P) write current, we achieved an overwrite of about 30 dB and an on track error rate of better than 10 7 . BER test on a disk with a coercivity of 4000 Oe also showed very good results.Index Terms-High data rate magnetic recording, inductive write head, spin-valve read head.

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