easier integration of the coils and ferrite blocks fig1 illustrate how a backing block 46 is bonded to substrate 10 the backing block 46 is composed of ferrite or another suitable magnetic material wiring is wrapped about the backing block 46 thus forming an electrical coil 48 with this step the fabrication process has been completed and a magnetic recording head 5 has been produced in operation magnetic recording head 5 is secured to an appropriate head mount magnetic tape is caused to move over and in contact with the tape bearing surface of the head 5 which happens to be the thin film layer 16 at the appropriate periodic interval electrical current is caused to flow through the coil 48 as a result magnetic flux is caused to flow clockwise or counterclockwise in fig1 through the back block 46 through the ferrite blocks 12 and through the magnetic thin film 16 as the ceramic member 14 minimizes a direct flow from one ferrite block 12 to the other causing the magnetic flux to shunt through the permeable magnetic film as the magnetic flux travels through the magnetic thin film 16 it leaks out through the patterned gaps 30 thus causing magnetic transitions to occur on the surface of the magnetic tape in the same pattern and configuration as the gap 30 itself referring to fig1 and 12 it can be seen that the width of the head 5 or substrate 10 is substantially larger than a single patterned gap 30 this allows the recording head to bear a plurality of patterned gaps 30 for example fig1 illustrate a substrate 10 having five recording gaps 30 which could then write five servo tracks.