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APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIFORM OUTPUT SIGNALS COMPRISING A SATURABLE REACTOR CORE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR HYSTERESIS LOOP AND RISING MAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS EXTENDING BEYOND THE LOOP SATURATION LEVEL, A SATURATION WINDING ON SAID CORE HAVING A NUMBER OF TURNS WHICH ARE SUFFICIENT TO DRIVE SAID CORE FROM A NEGATIVE LEVEL OF MAGNETIC SATURATION TO AND BEYOND A POSITIVE LEVEL OF MAGNETIC SATURATION AND NORMALLY MAINTAINING SAID CORE MAGNETIZED BEYOND SAID POSITIVE LEVEL OF MAGNETIC SATURATION, A PAIR OF TRANSISTORS EACH HAVING AT LEAST EMITTER AND COLLECTOR TERMINALS, MEANS COMPRISING A CIRCUIT WHICH IS COMMON TO SAID EMITTER TERMINALS FOR BIASING ONE OF SAID TRANSISTORS BETWEEN CONDUCTIVE AND NON-CONDUCTIVE CONDITIONS, MEANS FOR RENDERING THE OTHER OF SAID TRANSISTORS CONDUCTIVE WHEREBY CURRENT FLOW IN SAID COMMON EMITTER CIRCUIT BIASES SAID ONE TRANSISTOR TO A NON-CONDUCTIVE CONDITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT FLOW THROUGH SAID COLLECTOR TERMINAL OF SAID OTHER TRANSISTOR FOR ENERGIZING SAID SATURATION WINDING, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RECEIPT OF INPUT SIGNALS FOR RENDERING SAID ONE TRANSISTOR CONDUCTIVE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT EMANATING FROM SAID ONE TRANSISTOR WHEN IN SAID CONDUCTIVE CONDITION FOR RENDERING SAID OTHER TRANSISTOR NON-CONDUCTIVE, THEREBY DE-ENERGIZING SAID SATURATION WINDING, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE DROP OF CORE FLUX WHICH OCCURS UPON SAID DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID SATURATION WINDING FOR RESETTING SAID CORE TO A SAID NEGATIVE LEVEL OF MAGNETIC SATURATION, AND MEANS COMPRISING AN OUTPUT WINDING ON SAID CORE FOR SUPPLYING OUTPUT SIGNALS DURING SAID RESETTING OF SAID CORE.