Current-pulse transmission system employing potential restoration means along the transmission path

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC PULSE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS EACH OF WHICH HAS EMITTER, BASE AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES; (B) MEANS CONNECTING THE TRANSISTORS IN CASCADE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE A CURRENT-PULSE TRANSMISSION PATH HAVING AN INPUT END AND AN OUTPUT END; (C) MEANS TO SUPPLY PULSES OF CURRENT TO THE INPUT END OF SAID TRANSMISSION PATH FOR TRANSMISSION ALONG THE TRANSMISSION PATH TO THE OUTPUT END THEREOF; AND (D) A PLURALITY OF DIRECT CURRENT BIASING MEANS EACH OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POINTS ALONG THE TRANSMISSION PATH TO RESTORE THE RELEVANT POINT TO A PREDETERMINED POTENTIAL AFTER THE PASSAGE OF EACH SAID CURRENT PULSE PAST THAT POINT IN SAID TRANSMISSION PATH. (A) A FIRST OF SAID BIASING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST RESISTANCE CONNECTED AT ONE OF ITS TWO ENDS TO SAID PATH AT A FIRST OF SAID POINTS, AND MEANS TO APPLY A BIAS POTENTIAL TO THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST RESISTANCE WHICH POTENTIAL IS LESS IN THE POSITIVE SENSE THAT THE POTENTIAL OF SAID FIRST POINT AT LEAST DURING EACH SAID PULSE SO THAT THE FIRST RESISTANCE RECEIVES CURRENT FROM SAID TRANSMISSION PATH AT SAID FIRST POINT DURING EACH SAID PULSE, AND (B) A SECOND OF SAID BIASING MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND RESISTANCE CONNECTED AT ONE OF ITS TWO ENDS TO SAID PATH AT A SECOND OF SAID POINTS, AND MEANS TO APPLY A BIAS POTENTIAL TO THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND RESISTANCE WHICH POTENTIAL IS LARGER IN THE POSITIVE SENSE THAN THE POTENTIAL OF SAID SECOND POINT AT LEAST DURING EACH SAID PULSE SO THAT CURRENT IS SUPPLIED TO SAID TRANSMISSION PATH AT SAID SECOND POINT THROUGH SAID SECOND RESISTANCE DURING EACH SAID PULSE, (C) LOSS OF CURRENT OF EACH SAID PULSE IN ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RESISTANCES BEING AT LEAST IN PART COMPENSATED FOR BY THE CURRENT FLOW IN THE OTHER.