Ferroelectric pulse generator

Claim 1

A FERROELECTRIC PULSE GENERATOR FOR PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS WHICH ARE SPACED IN TIME IN RESPONSE TO A SINGLE INPUT SIGNAL COMPRISING (A) A FERROELECTRIC WAFER, (B) A FIRST ELECTRODE MOUNTED ON ONE SURFACE OF SAID FERROELECTRIC WAFER, (C) A SECOND ELECTRODE MOUNTED ON AN OPPOSING SURFACE OF SAID FERROELECTRIC WAFER, SAID SECOND ELECTRODE HAVING AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED ADJACENT INDIVIDUAL ELECTRODE SEGMENTS, THE SPACING BETWEEN ADJACENT SEGMENTS NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY PERCENT OF EITHER THE THICKNESS OF SAID FERROELECTRIC WAFER OR THE WIDTH OF SAID ELECTRODE SEGMENTS, AND (D) MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST ELECTRODE AND TO THE INDIVIDUAL ELECTRODE SEGMENTS COMPRISING SAID SECOND ELECTRODE FOR APPLYING AN INPUT SIGNAL THEREBETWEEN THE FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL UNDERLYING THE OUTERMOST ELECTRODE SEGMENTS BECOMING POLARIZED INITIALLY TO PERMIT THE RESULTING STRAIN TO TREVEL INWARDLY AND THEREBY SEQUENTIALLY REMOVE THE MUTUAL RESTRAINT PRO VIDED BY SAID ELECTRODE SEGMENTS, THE SEQUENTIAL POLARIZATION PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CURRENTS SPACED IN TIME AT SAID SECOND ELECTRODE.