Binary parallel adder utilizing sequential and simultaneous carry generation

Claim 1

AN ARITHMETIC ELEMENT FOR PERFORMING IN THE BINARY SYSTEM THE ADDITION OF TWO NUMBERS X AND Y HAVING A PLURALITY OF ORDERS COMPRISING: MEANS FOR APPLYING INPUT ELECTRICAL PULSES TO THE ELEMENT, SAID PULSES REPRESENTING THE BINARY DIGITS XI AND YI OF THE TWO NUMBERS X AND Y, WHERE XI AND YI ARE THE BINARY DIGITS AT THE ITH ORDER OF X AND Y, SAID ARITHMETIC ELEMENT BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO SECTIONS, EACH SECTION CORRESPONDING TO A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVE ORDERS OF THE NUMBERS X AND Y, THE NUMBER OF ORDERS IN ANY SECTION BEING ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF ORDERS IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SECTION, THE KTH SECTION COMPRISING A FIRST PLURALITY OF AND- AND OR-GATES, WHERE K DESIGNATES ANY ARBITRARY SECTION, SAID GATES BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT ELECTRICAL PULSES TO PRODUCE FIRST AUXILIARY PULSES REPRESENTING FIRST AUXILIARY INFORMATION DI=XIYI AND EI=XI+YI, EACH SAID SECTION FURTHER COMPRISING A SECOND PLURALITY OF AND- AND OR-GATES, SAID SECOND PLURALITY BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST AUXIALLY PULSES TO PRODUCE CARRY PULSES REPRESENTING CARRIES OF AN ADDITION OPERATION AND SATISFYING CI,I+1=DI+EICI-I,I, EACH KTH SECTION EXCEPT THE FIRST BEING PRECEDED BY AN INPUT-CARRY PRODUCER, MEANS FOR APPLYING TO SAID INPUT-CARRY PRODUCER THE FIRST AUXILIARY PULSES FROM THE (K-1)TH SECTION REPRESENTING THE FIRST AUXILIARY INFORMATION DQ,DQ+1 ... DP,EQ,EQ+1 ... EP, WHERE Q IS THE ORDER OF THE FIRST AND P IS THE ORDER OF THE LAST DIGIT POSITION OF THE (K-1)TH SECTION AND MEANS FOR APPLYING TO SAID INPUT-CARRY PRODUCER CARRY PULSES FROM THE CARRY PRODUCER OF THE (K-1)TH SECTION REPRESENTING THE INPUT CARRY CK-1=CQ-1,Q OF THE (K-1)TH SECTION, THE INPUT CARRY PRODUCER OF THE KTH SECTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AND-GATES TO THE INPUTS OF WHICH ARE APPLIED THE PULSES REPRESENTING THE FIRST AUXILIARY INFORMATION DQ, DQ+1. . . DP, EQ, EQ+1. . . EP, THE OUTPUTS OF SAID CARRY-PRODUCER GATES DELIVERING PULSES REPRESENTING SECOND AUXIALLY INFORMATION EPDP-1 EPEP-1DP-2. . ., EPEP-1. . . EP+1DQ, THE INPUT CARRY PRODUCER OF THE KTH SECTION ALSO COMPRISING A FIRST OR-GATE CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE PULSES REPRESENTING SAID SECOND AUXILIARY INFORMATION AND DELIVERING PULSES REPRESENTING THE INFORMATION