High frequency transistor bistable multivibrator

Claim 1

A HIGH FREQUENCY, SHORT INPUT TIME CONSTANT, BISTABLE TRANSISTOR MULTIVIBRATOR CIRCUIT COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND ALTERNATELY CONDUCTING TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS EACH HAVING EMITTER, COLLECTOR, AND BASE ELECTRODES, SAID EMITTER ELECTRODES BEING COUPLED IN COMMON WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH A SMALL RESISTANCE MEANS TO A SOURCE OF GROUND POTENTIAL, AND VIA A DIODE MEANS AND A RESISTANCE MEANS IN SERIES TO A SOURCE OF POSITIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL FOR PROVIDING A BACK BIAS TO THE EMITTER-BASE JUNCTIONS OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS; FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRON CONTROLLING INPUT MEANS, EACH SAID INPUT MEANS INCLUDING A CAPACITANCE MEANS HAVING ONE TERMINAL MEANS COUPLED TO THE RESPECTIVE BASE ELECTRODES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS, A TRANSISTOR CHARGING MEANS FOR RAPIDLY CHARGING SAID CAPACITANCE MEANS HAVING ITS EMITTER ELECTRODE COUPLED TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID CAPACITANCE MEANS, ITS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE COUPLED TO A SOURCE OF NEGATIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL, AND ITS BASE ELECTRODE COUPLED VIA AN INPUT DIODE MEANS TO A COMMON INPUT TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING CONTROL SIGNALS TO ALTERNATELY SWITCH THE CONDUCTION LEVELS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS, AND A DIODE MEANS HAVING ITS ANODE COUPLED TO THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID TRANSISTOR CHARGING MEANS AND HAVING ITS CATHODE COUPLED TO SAID OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID CAPACITANCE MEANS FOR ENABLING SAID CONTROL SIGNALS TO BYPASS SAID TRANSISTOR CHARGING MEANS AND BE CONVEYED DIRECTLY TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS VIA WHICHEVER OF THE RESPECTIVE SAID CAPACITANCE MEANS IS IN A CHARGED CONDITION AT THAT TIME; AND FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT CONTROL MEANS, SAID FIRST OUTPUT CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST TRANSISTOR MEANS HAVING ITS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE COUPLED TO A SOURCE OF NEGATIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL, ITS BASE ELECTRODE COUPLED TO SAID COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS AND ALSO VIA A RESISTANCE MEANS TO A NEGATIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL SOURCE, AND ITS EMITTER ELECTRODE COUPLED VIA A PARALLEL RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE COMBINATION TO THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS, A DIODE MEANS HAVING ITS ANODE COUPLED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR MEANS, A FIRST OUTPUT TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR MEANS, AND A DIODE BIASING MEANS COUPLED FROM SAID COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID TRANSISTOR CHARGING MEANS IN SAID FIRST INPUT MEANS, AND SAID SECOND OUTPUT CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS HAVING ITS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE COUPLED TO A SOURCE OF NEGATIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL, ITS BASE ELECTRODE COUPLED TO SAID COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS AND ALSO VIA A RESISTANCE MEANS TO A NEGATIVE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL SOURCE, AND ITS EMITTER ELECTRODE COUPLED VIA A PARALLEL RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE COMBINATION TO THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS, A DIODE MEANS HAVING ITS ANODE COUPLED TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE, AND ITS CATHODE COUPLED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE, OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS, A SECOND OUTPUT TERMINAL COUPLED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS, AND A DIODE BIASING MEANS COUPLED FROM SAID COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID TRANSISTOR CHARGING MEANS IN SAID SECOND INPUT MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT TERMINALS PROVIDING A SIGNAL THEREON INDICATIVE OF THE STATE OF CONDUCTION OF THEIR ASSOCIATED RESPECTIVE SWITCHING MEANS TO AN EXTERNAL LOAD.