Pulse-generator using punch-throughavalanche transistor producing both pulse and step-wave outputs in response to single sweep input

Claim 1

A PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT USING A TRANSISTOR, HAVING THE PUNCH-THROUGH VOLTAGE LOWER THAN THE BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE OF COLLECTOR JUNCTION AND HAVING A CARRIER MULTIPLYING ACTION IN THE COLLECTOR JUNCTION AT SAID PUNCHTHROUGH VOLTAGE, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CONDENSER FOR CLOSING THE CIRCUIT BETWEEN EMITTER AND BASE OF SAID TRANSISTOR, AND AN ELECTRIC CURRENT SOURCE FOR DRIVING THE COLLECTOR OF SAID TRANSITOR; SAID DRIVING ELECTRIC CURRENT SOURCE BEING MADE TO SWEEP BETWEEN COLLECTOR AND BASE IN BLOCKING DIRECTION OF SAID COLLECTOR JUNCTION WITH A SWEEP VOLTAGE WHICH INCREASES WITH PASSAGE OF TIME, WHEREBY A FIXED NUMBER OF PULSE WAVES ARE GENERATED AT SAID COLLECTOR TERMINAL IN A TIME INTERVAL WITHIN WHICH SAID SWEEP VOLTAGE IS HIGHER THAN SAID PUNCH-THROUGH VOLTAGE AND DURING THE SAME TIME THAT A STAIR-CASE WAVE FORM WITH STEPS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID GENERATED PULSES IS GENERATED ACROSS SAID CONDENSER.