Self-starting astable multivibrators

Claim 1

A SELF-STARTING ASTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS EACH HAVING AT LEAST AN INPUT ELECTRODE CIRCUIT AND AN OUTPUT ELECTRODE CIRCUIT, SAID INPUT AND OUTPUT CIRCUITS BEING CROSS-COUPLED TO CONNECT SAID TRANSISTORS IN ASTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR RELATIONSHIP, FIRST AND SECOND RECTIFIERS CONNECTED BACK-TO-BACK BETWEEN A GIVEN OSCILLATION PHASE OUTPUT ELECTRODE CIRCUIT OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND AN OPPOSITE OSCILLATION PHASE OUTPUT ELECTRODE CIRCUIT OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, EACH OF SAID RECTIFIERS BEING POLED IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE OUTPUT ELECTRODE, A LOAD CONNECTED BETWEEN THE COMMON POINT OF SAID RECTIFIERS AND A POINT AT REFERENCE POTENTIAL, THIRD AND FOURTH RECTIFIERS CONNECTED BACK-TO-BACK BETWEEN AN INPUT ELECTRODE CIRCUIT OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND AN INPUT ELECTRODES CIRCUIT OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, EACH OF SAID LATTER RECTIFIERS BEING POLED IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE INPUT ELECTRODE, AND A DIRECT CURRENT CONDUCTIVE COUPLING FROM SAID LOAD TO THE COMMON POINT OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH RECTIFIERS.