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US3290606A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electronic circuit producing pulse sequences of different rates

Assignee: RCA Corp
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Filing: 1963-09-27
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Granted: 1966-12-06
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Expires: 1983-09-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert A Rodner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 01:12
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K5/00; H03K5/15; H03K5/15013; H03K5/1506; H03K5/15093; H03K3/00; H03K3/02; H03K3/26; H03K3/28; H03K3/281; H03K3/286

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 201 words
A PULSE GENERATOR COMPRISING, A FIRST REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLIP-FLOPS CONNECTED IN CASCADE, A SECOND REGISTER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLIP-FLOPS CONNECTED IN CASCADE, EACH OF SAID FLIP-FLOPS HAVING SET AND RESET INPUTS AND CORRESPONDING OUTPUTS, AND A TRIGGER INPUT FOR SETTING THE FLIP-FLOP TO A STATE DETERMINED BY THE SET AND RESET INPUTS, SAID CASCADE CONNECTION OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND REGISTER INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID SET AND RESET INPUTS OF SAID FLIP-FLOPS TO RESPECTIVE OUTPUTS OF PRECEDING ONED OF SAID FLIPFLOPS WITHIN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND REGISTER AN OSCILLATOR, MEANS FOR APPLYING ONE PHASE OF OSCILLATOR PULSES TO THE TRIGGER INPUTS OF SAID FIRST REGISTER FLIP-FLOPS, MEANS FOR APPLYING THE OTHER PHASE OSCILLATOR PULSES TO THE TRIGGER INPUTS OF SAID SECOND REGISTER FLIP-FLOPS, SAID OTHER OSCILLATOR PULSES BEING 180* OUT OF PHASE WITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE PHASE PULSES, AND A DECODER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GATES, A DIFFERENT ONE FOR EACH OUTPUTS PULSE TO BE PRODUCED, EACH OF SAID GATES HAVING INPUTS CONNECTED TO OUTPUTS OF CERTAIN FLIP-FLOPS OF BOTH OF SAID REGISTER, SAID GATES PRODUCING OUTPUT PULSES WHICH HAVE A DIFFERENT REPETITION RATE FROM THAT OF SAID OSCILLATOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 201 words
A PULSE GENERATOR COMPRISING, A FIRST REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLIP-FLOPS CONNECTED IN CASCADE, A SECOND REGISTER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLIP-FLOPS CONNECTED IN CASCADE, EACH OF SAID FLIP-FLOPS HAVING SET AND RESET INPUTS AND CORRESPONDING OUTPUTS, AND A TRIGGER INPUT FOR SETTING THE FLIP-FLOP TO A STATE DETERMINED BY THE SET AND RESET INPUTS, SAID CASCADE CONNECTION OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND REGISTER INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID SET AND RESET INPUTS OF SAID FLIP-FLOPS TO RESPECTIVE OUTPUTS OF PRECEDING ONED OF SAID FLIPFLOPS WITHIN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND REGISTER AN OSCILLATOR, MEANS FOR APPLYING ONE PHASE OF OSCILLATOR PULSES TO THE TRIGGER INPUTS OF SAID FIRST REGISTER FLIP-FLOPS, MEANS FOR APPLYING THE OTHER PHASE OSCILLATOR PULSES TO THE TRIGGER INPUTS OF SAID SECOND REGISTER FLIP-FLOPS, SAID OTHER OSCILLATOR PULSES BEING 180* OUT OF PHASE WITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE PHASE PULSES, AND A DECODER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GATES, A DIFFERENT ONE FOR EACH OUTPUTS PULSE TO BE PRODUCED, EACH OF SAID GATES HAVING INPUTS CONNECTED TO OUTPUTS OF CERTAIN FLIP-FLOPS OF BOTH OF SAID REGISTER, SAID GATES PRODUCING OUTPUT PULSES WHICH HAVE A DIFFERENT REPETITION RATE FROM THAT OF SAID OSCILLATOR.

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