Signal storage system

Claim 1

A SIGNAL STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING A SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO BE STORED, SAID INFORMATION BEING REPRESENTED IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER BY THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A PULSE IN EACH OF A PLURALITY OF EQUAL GIVEN TIME INTERVALS, A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DELAY LINE INCLUDING A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ROD REQUIRING A NORMAL PERIOD OF TIME TWICE SAID GIVEN TIME INTERVAL TO MAINTAIN DISCRETE STORED INFORMATION RESOLVED, A BISTABLE DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE TO CONVERT SAID INFORMATION TO A SIGNAL REPRESENTING SAID INFORMATION BY A CHANGE IN AMPLITUDE BETWEEN TWO AMPLITUDE LEVELS WHEN A PULSE IS PRESENT IN SAID GIVEN TIME INTERVALS AND BY A CONSTANT AMPLITUDE AT EITHER OF SAID TWO AMPLITUDE LEVELS WHEN A PULSE IS ABSENT FROM SAID GIVEN TIME INTERVALS, DAMPING MEANS DISPOSED ABOUT EACH END OF SAID ROD, A FIRST COIL WINDING DISPOSED ABOUT ONE END OF SAID ROD COUPLED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO EXCITE VARIATIONS IN SAID ROD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID SIGNAL, A SECOND COIL WINDING DISPOSED ABOUT THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD RESPONSIVE TO SAID VARIATIONS IN SAID ROD TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE OUTPUT SIGNAL, SAID COMPOSITE OUTPUT SIGNAL INCLUDING THE SUPERPOSITION OF A PLURALITY OF FIRST AND SECOND SIGNAL COMPONENTS, EACH OF SAID FIRST COMPONENTS BEING BIDIRECTIONAL PULSE SIGNAL DISPOSED ABOUT A REFERENCE AXIS HAVING A DURATION EQUAL TO SAID PERIOD OF TIME REPRESENTATIVE OF A CHANGE OF AMPLITUDE OF SAID SIGNAL AND EACH OF SAID SECOND COMPONENT BEING A CONSTANT AMPLITUDE COINCIDENT WITH SAID REFERENCE AXIS FOR A DURATION EQUAL TO SAID TIME INTERVAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A CONSTANT AMPLITUDE OF SAID SIGNAL, A FIRST POLARIZING MAGNET DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID FIRST WINDING, A SECOND POLARIZING MAGNET DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SECOND WINDING, EACH OF SAID POLARIZING MAGNETS LINKING THEIR RESPECTIVE WINDINGS WITH THE RESPECTIVE END PORTIONS OF SAID ROD, A FIRST INVERTER COUPLED TO SAID SECOND COIL WINDING TO INVERT SAID COMPOSITE SIGNAL, DELAY MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND COIL WINDING TO DELAY SAID COMPOSITE SIGNAL FOR A TIME PERIOD SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID GIVEN TIME INTERVAL, A FIRST CLIPPING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST INVERTER MEANS TO PASS ONLY THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID INVERTED COMPOSITE SIGNAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED POLARITY WITH RESPECT TO SAID REFERENCE AXIS, A SECOND CLIPPING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DELAY MEANS TO PASS ONLY THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID DELAYED COMPOSITE SIGNAL HAVING SAID PREDETERMINED POLARITY, A THIRD CLIPPING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST INVERTER MEANS TO PASS ONLY THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID INVERTED COMPOSITE SIGNAL HAVING A POLARITY OPPOSITE TO SAID PREDETERMINED POLARITY, A FOURTH CLIPPING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID DELAY MEANS TO PASS ONLY THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID DELAYED COMPOSITE SIGNAL HAVING SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY, A FIRST AND GATE COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLIPPING CIRCUITS TO PRODUCE A FIRST SIGNAL UPON COINCIDENCE OF SAID PREDETERMINED POLARITY PORTIONS OF SAID INVERTED COMPOSITE SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED COMPOSITE SIGNAL, A SECOND AND GATE COUPLED TO SAID THIRD AND FOURTH CLIPPING CIRCUITS TO PRODUCE A SECOND SIGNAL UPON COINCIDENCE OF SAID OPPOSITE POLARITY PORTIONS OF SAID INVERTED COMPOSITE SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED COMPOSITE SIGNAL, SECOND INVERTER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND AND GATE, AN OR GATE COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND GATE AND SAID SECOND INVERTER TO PRODUCE A THIRD SIGNAL INCLUDING IN COMBINATION SAID FIRST SIGNAL AND AN INVERTED VERSION OF SAID SECOND SIGNAL, A SOURCE OF REFERENCE PULSES, EACH OF SAID REFERENCE PULSES BEING SPACED BY A PERIOD SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID GIVEN TIME INTERVAL, A THIRD AND GATE COUPLED TO SAID REFERENCE SOURCE AND SAID OR GATE TO PRODUCE A FOURTH SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO SAID INFORMATION OF SAID SOURCE UPON COINCIDENCE OF SAID REFERENCE PULSES AND SAID THIRD SIGNAL.