Magneto-electric transducer for a magnetic recording system and recording system comprising such a transducer

A magnetic recording/playback system comprising

• a magneto-electric read/write transducer including
• a magnetic circuit in the form of a flat ring having external and internal faces and a single non-magnetic gap therein, for producing (a) an external flux across the gap at its external face for interacting with a magnetizable support medium and (b) a leakage flux across the gap at its internal face;
• a coil wound about the ring for inducing a flux in the magnetic circuit;
• and
• a magneto-sensitive element positioned internal of the ring substantially within a region that would be subjected to the leakage flux for generating an electrical signal responsive to the leakage flux in the magnetic circuit;
• a recording amplifier having an input for coupling to a signal to be recorded and an output coupled to the coil;
• a playback amplifier having an input coupled to a signal output of the magneto-sensitive element for amplifying a read signal generated thereby and providing at an output thereof an amplified playback signal.