Electronic trigger circuit peak detecting and inhibiting means

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING OUTPUT SIGNALS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF PEAK VALUES OF INPUT PULSES OF MORE THAN A PREDETERMINED VALUE IN AN INPUT WAVEFORM, WHERE SAID INPUT WAVEFORM INCLUDES A NUMBER OF INPUT PULSES HAVING WELL DEFINED PEAKS IN THE REGION OF WHICH THE D.C. VALUE OF THE WAVEFORM VARIES CONTINUOUSLY, THE CIRCUIT COMPRISING: A COMPARATOR CIRCUIT; A FIRST CIRCUIT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A FIRST INPUT OF SAID COMPARATOR CIRCUIT, SAID INPUT WAVEFORM BEING APPLIED TO AN INPUT TERMINAL OF SAID FIRST CIRCUIT; A SECOND CIRCUIT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A SECOND INPUT OF SAID COMPARATOR CIRCUIT, SAID INPUT WAVEFORM BEING APPLIED TO AN INPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SECOND CIRCUIT, SAID SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING MEANS FOR DELAYING THE APPLICATION OF SAID WAVEFORM TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID COMPARATOR CIRCUIT;