Self-resetting tunnel diode-transistor hybrid pulse circuit

Claim 1

A SELF-RESETTING PULSE CIRCUIT COMPRISING: A TRANSISTOR HAVING AN OUTPUT ELECTRODE, A CONTROL ELECTRODE AND A COMMON ELECTRODE; A JUNCTION POINT; AN INDUCTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CONTROL ELECTRODE AND SAID JUNCTION POINT; A TUNNEL DIODE HAVING A PEAK CURRENT IB AND A VALLEY CURRENT IV; MEANS CONNECTING SAID TUNNEL DIODE BETWEEN SAID JUNCTION POINT AND SAID COMMON ELECTRODE, THE TRANSISTOR-TUNNEL DIODE COMBINATION HAVING A COMBINED VOLTAMPERE OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC DEFINED BY A FIRST REGION OF POSITIVE RESISTANCE AT RELATIVELY LOW VOLTAGE, A SECOND REGION OF POSITIVE RESISTANCE AT RELATIVELY HIGH VOLTAGE AND A REGION OF NEGATIVE RESISTANCE JOINING THE TWO REGIONS OF POSITIVE RESISTANCE; BIAS MEANS CONNECTED AT SAID JUNCTION POINT AND PROVIDING A QUIESCENT LOAD LINE WHICH INTERSECTS THE COMBINED OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND POSITIVE RESISTANCE REGIONS, SAID LOAD LINE INTERSECTING SAID SECOND REGION AT A CURRENT VALUE IA<IB; MEANS CONNECTED AT SAID JUNCTION POINT FOR APPLYING A PULSE OF CURRENT OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO SWITCH THE OPERATING POINT ON SAID COMBINED CHARACTERISTIC FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND POSITIVE RESISTANCE REGION AND PROVIDE A CONTROL CURRENT IE>IA-IV FOR SAID TRANSISTOR, THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE CURRENT THROUGH SAID INDUCTOR TO REACH THE VALUE IE BEING GREATER THAN THE SWITCHING TIME OF SAID TUNNEL DIODE AND LESS THAN THE DURATION OF THE CURRENT PULSE; AND OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED AT SAID OUTPUT ELECTRODE.