Compound transistor circuits

Claim 1

A COMPOUND TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT WHEREIN BOTH TRANSISTORS SHARE THE LOAD AND THE OUTPUT TRANSISTOR OPERATES IN SATURATION, SAID CIRCUITS COMPRISING, FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS EACH HAVING BASE, EMITTER AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGIZING POTENTIAL, A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EMITTER OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE BASE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, MEANS DIRECTLY CONNECTING THE EMITTER OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR TO GROUND, MEANS FOR APPLYING A SIGNAL TO THE BASE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, A FIRST RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID DIRECT CONNECTION AND SAID POSITIVE SOURCE OF POTENTIAL, A LOAD CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID NEGATIVE SOURCE OF POTENTIAL AND THE COLLECTOR OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, AND A SECOND RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE COLLECTORS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS AND OPERATIVE TO FORWARD BIAS THE COLLECTOR-BASE JUNCTION OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR TO CAUSE SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR TO OPERATE IN SATURATION OR AS CLOSE TO SATURATION AS POSSIBLE AND THEREBY REDUCE POWER DISSIPATION THEREIN.