Network for extending the range of a voltage divider

Claim 1

A RATIO DIVIDER FOR EXTENDING THE RANGE OF A VOLTAGE DIVIDER SYSTEM HAVING AN INPUT OF FIXED VALUE IMPEDANCE AND COMPRISING, A FIRST RESISTOR SYNTHESIZED BY A SERIES OF RESISTORS EACH OF SPECIFIED INTEGRAL MULTIPLE VALUE OF SAID INPUT IMPEDANCE, A FIRST SET OF PLURALITY OF RESISTORS EACH OF PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING DECIMAL VALUES WITH RESPECT TO THE VALUE OF SAID DIVIDER INPUT IMPEDANCE, MEANS FOR CONNECTING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID RESISTORS OF SAID FIRST SET IN PARALLEL ACROSS SAID DIVIDER INPUT, SAID FIRST RESISTOR BEING IN SERIES WITH THE PARALLEL COMBINATION OF THE DIVIDER INPUT AND THE FIRST SET RESISTORS IN PARALLEL THEREWITH, AND EACH RESISTOR OF SAID FIRST SET IS SYNTHESIZED BY PARALLEL COMBINATIONS OF RESISTORS EACH HAVING VALUES WHICH ARE SELECTED RATIOS OF MULTIPLES OF TEN OF SAID DIVIDER INPUT IMPEDANCE, SAID SYNTHESIZED RESISTORS ARE FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY IMPEDANCE VALUES CALIBRATED BY ACCUMULATIVE INTERCOMPARISONS WHILE EMPLOYING SAID DIVIDER INPUT AS THE INITIAL STANDARD, WHEREIN THE RANGE OF SAID DIVIDER IS VARIABLE BY DECIMAL MULTIPLES AS RESPECTIVE RESISTORS OF SAID FIRST SET ARE IMPRESSED ACROSS SAID DIVIDER INPUT.