Diode amplifier

Claim 1

A SIGNAL TRANSLATING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE OF THE TYPE HAVING A REVERSE TRANSIENT RESPONSE PERIOD IN WHICH THE REVERSE IMPEDANCE FOLLOWING A FORWARD CONDUCTING PERIOD REMAINS IN A LOW STATE FOR A DISCERNIBLE PERIOD, A FIRST PULSE SOURCE PROVIDING PERIODICALLY RECURRING FIRST POWER PULSES OF ONE POLARITY WITH RESPECT TO A POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL, SAID FIRST POWER PULSES HAVING A DURATION COMMENSURATE WITH THE REVERSE TRANSIENT RESPONSE PERIOD CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID DIODE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST PULSE SOURCE TO A FIRST ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST DIODE, SAID FIRST DIODE BEING POLED TO BE REVERSELY BIASED BY SAID FIRST POWER PULSES, A SECOND DIODE, SIGNAL INPUT MEANS HAVING ONE TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL AND A SECOND TERMINAL CONNECTED TO ONE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND DIODE, THE OTHER ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND DIODE BEING DISSIMILAR TO THE SECOND ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST DIODE AND CONNECTED THERETO, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID FIRST DIODE TO SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING THE SERIES COMBINATION OF LOAD IMPEDANCE MEANS, A SECOND PULSE SOURCE MEANS, AND A THIRD DIODE, SAID SECOND PULSE SOURCE MEANS PROVIDING SECOND PULSES WITH RESPECT TO SAID POINT OF REFERENCE POTENTIAL OF THE SAME POLARITY AS SAID PULSES OF SAID FIRST PULSE SOURCE, SAID SECOND PULSES OCCURRING IN THE TIME INTERVALS BETWEEN SAID PULSES OF SAID FIRST SOURCE AND HAVING A DURATION EQUAL TO SAID TIME INTERVALS, SAID THIRD DIODE BEING POLED TO BE REVERSELY BIASED BY SAID SECOND PULSE SOURCE MEANS.