High speed pulse control circuit for image converter tubes

Claim 1

A CONTROL CIRCUIT OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO AN INPUT TRIGGER PULSE TO PRODUCE AT LEAST TWO RECTANGULAR PULSES IN ACCURATELY TIMED SUCCESSION, SAID CIRCUIT COMPRISING: A FIRST RECTANGULAR PULSE PRODUCING CIRCUIT RECEPTIVE OF THE INPUT TRIGGER PULSE AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE THERETO TO PRODUCE A FIRST RECTANGULAR PULSE; A PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT RECEPTIVE OF THE INPUT TRIGGER PULSE AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE THERETO TO PRODUCE A STEP VOLTAGE; INTEGRATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO SAID STEP VOLTAGE TO PRODUCE A RAMP VOLTAGE WHOSE AMPLITUDE RISES IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER TOWARD THE AMPLITUDE OF SAID STEP VOLTAGE; PULSE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INTEGRATING MEANS TO RECEIVE SAID RAMP VOLTAGE THEREFROM, SAID PULSE MEANS BEING OPERABLE AT A PREDETERMINED AMPLITUDE LEVEL OF SAID RAMP VOLTAGE TO PRODUCE A SECOND TRIGGER PULSE; AND A SECOND RECTANGULAR PULSE PRODUCING CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID PULSE MEANS AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO SAID SECOND TRIGGER PULSE TO PRODUCE A SECOND RECTANGULAR PULSE, SAID SECOND RECTANGULAR PULSE BEING DELAYED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST RECTANGULAR PULSE BY A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL OF TIME.