Electrical voltage comparator circuits

Claim 1

A COMPARATOR CIRCUIT INCLUDING A BISTABLE CIRCUIT, COMPRISING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY ELECTRICALLY IDENTICAL HALVES, EACH INCLUDING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A FEEDBACK PATH CONNECTING ITS ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF THE OTHER HALF; MEANS FOR APPLYING TWO SIGNALS TO BE COMPARED AS BIASING SIGNALS RESPECTIVELY TO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN EACH HALF OF THE BISTABLE CIRCUIT AND MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTING AN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY POTENTIAL SYMMETRICALLY ACROSS THE TWO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL, WHEREBY, UPON EACH APPLICATION OF THE SUPPLY POTENTIAL, ONE OR OTHER OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES, DETERMINED BY THE RELATIVE VALUES IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPLICATION OF THE SUPPLY POTENTIAL OF THE BIASING INPUT SIGNALS TO BE COMPARED, BECOMES CONDUCTIVE WHILE THE REMAINING ELECTRONIC DEVICE REMAINS NON-CONDUCTIVE, AND FURTHER INCLUDING MEANS FOR DERIVING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTING WHICH ELECTRONIC DEVICE BECOMES CONDUCTIVE UPON APPLICATION OF THE SUPPLY POTENTIAL.