Clock pulse generation and distribution circuit

Claim 1

A VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AN INPUT TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND A SECONDARY WINDING WITH RESPECTIVE TERMINALS THEREFOR, SAID SECONDARY WINDING HAVING A CENTER-TAP TERMINAL; FIRST AND SECOND TUNNEL-DIODES, SAID FIRST TUNNEL-DIODE; HAVING ITS CATHODE CONNECTED TO ONE TERMINAL OF SAID SECONDARY WINDING, SAID SECOND TUNNEL-DIODE HAVING ITS ANODE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER SAID TERMINAL OF SAID SECONDARY WINDING; FIRST AND SECOND CAPACITANCES SERIALLY CONNECTED, HAVING RESPECTIVE TERMINALS AND A COMMON JUNCTION, SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO THE ANODE OF SAID FIRST TUNNEL-DIODE AND SAID SECOND CAPACITANCE TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO THE CATHODE OF SAID SECOND TUNNEL-DIODE, SAID COMMON JUNCTION OF SAID CAPACITANCES BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CENTER-TAP TERMINAL OF SAID SECONDARY WINDING AND BEING FURTHER CONNECTED TO GROUND POTENTIAL; THIRD AND FOURTH TUNNEL-DIODES CONNECTED IN A TUNNELDIODE TWIN CIRCUIT HAVING RESPECTIVE TERMINALS AND A COMMON JUNCTION, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH TUNNEL-DIODES HAVING RELATIVELY HIGH PEAK CURRENT AND LOW RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE REVERSE CURRENT AND VOLTAGE DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THESE PARAMETERS FOR SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUNNEL-DIODES; A RESISTANCE, SAID TUNNEL-DIODE TWIN-CIRCUIT AND SAID RESISTANCE BEING CONNECTED IN A PARALLEL CIRCUIT IN A CLOSELY ELECTRICALLY PROXIMATE CIRCUIT, SAID ONE TERMINAL OF SAID TUNNEL-DIODE TWIN-CURRENT BEING CONNECTED TO SAID ANODE OF SAID FIRST TUNNEL-DIODE AND SAID SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID TUNNEL-DIODE TWIN-CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CATHODE OF SAID SECOND TUNNELDIODE; RESISTIVE LOAD MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TUNNELDIODE TWIN-CIRCUIT COMMON JUNCTION AND SAID GROUND POTENTIAL; AND MEANS TO APPLY TO SAID TERMINALS OF SAID TRANSFORMER PRIMARY WINDING A RAMP CURRENT HAVING PRE-ESTABLISHED RAMP SLOPE AND TERMINATION TIME; WHEREBY VOLTAGE PULSES ARE APPLIED TO SAID TUNNEL-DIODE TWINCIRCUIT, THEREBY TO CAUSE A CHANGE OF CURRENT IN SAID RESISTIVE LOAD MEANS, AND WHEREBY THE INTERACTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUNNEL-DIODES AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND CAPACITANCES AND SAID SECONDARY WINDING PRECLUDES THE BACK ELECTROMOTIVE-FORCE DEVELOPED IN SAID TRANSFORMER SECONDARY WINDING FROM REACHING SAID TERMINALS OF SAID TUNNEL-DIODE TWIN-CIRCUIT.