Pulse characterizing apparatus using saturable core means to effect pulse delay and shaping

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT PULSE OF A PREDETERMINED WIDTH AFTER A PREDETERMINED TIME DELAY COMPRISING: CONTROLLED SWITCHING MEANS; UTILIZATION MEANS; MEANS CONNECTING SAID UTILIZATION MEANS TO A SOURCE OF ENERGY THROUGH SAID SWITCHING MEANS; FIRST AND SECOND SATURABLE REACTOR TIME DELAY MEANS CONNECTED IN CONTROLLING RELATION TO SAID SWITCHING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID ENERGY SOURCE MEANS; MEANS INCLUDING SAID FIRST SATURABLE REACTOR DELAY MEANS FOR PREVENTING CONDUCTION THROUGH SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR A FIRST PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL DURING WHICH THE FLUX IN SAID FIRST REACTOR DELAY MEANS IS CHANGING; AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID SECOND SATURABLE REACTOR DELAY MEANS FOR ALLOWING CONDUCTION THROUGH SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR A SECOND PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL DURING WHICH THE FLUX IN SAID SECOND SATURABLE REACTOR DELAY MEANS IS CHANGING AFTER THE TERMINATION OF SAID FIRST INTERVAL.