Multiple element analog storage system

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE CHANNEL ANALOG STORAGE SYSTEM FOR STORING A MULTIPLICITY OF ELECTRONIC VOLTAGE LEVELS AND WHICH PERMITS THE USE OF A SIGNAL EVEN AFTER A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE STORED VOLTAGE LEVEL, COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF STORAGE DEVICES, EACH OF WHICH WILL STORE A SIGNAL VOLTAGE LEVEL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, (B) ONE OF SAID STORAGE DEVICES BEING USED AS A REFERENCE STORAGE DEVICE, (C) ALL OF THE STORAGE DEVICES BEING CHARGED WITH A VOLTAGE LEVEL AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME TIME, SAID REFERENCE STORAGE DEVICE BEING CHARGED WITH A REFERENCE VOLTAGE AND THE OTHER OF SAID STORAGE DEVICES BEING CHARGED WITH AN INPUT SIGNAL, (D) FIRST AND SECOND IDENTICAL VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFYING MEANS, (E) SAID FIRST VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFYING MEANS FOR AMPLIFYING THE OUTPUT OF SAID REFERENCE STORAGE DEVICE, (F) AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL MEANS TO WHICH THE OUTPUT OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFYING MEANS IS FED AND COMPARED TO SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE, THE RESULT OF THIS COMPARISON BEING FED TO AND USED TO CONTROL THE GAIN OF BOTH OF SAID AMPLIFYING MEANS, (G) THE OUTPUT OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFYING MEANS ALWAYS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE BY AUTOMATIC GAIN ADJUSTMENT OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFYING MEANS BY SAID AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL MEANS, (H) AN OUTPUT GATING MEANS FOR EACH OF THE OTHER OF SAID STORAGE DEVICES, (I) A COMBINING CIRCUIT, (J) THE OUTPUTS OF THE OTHER OF SAID STORAGE DEVICES BEING INDIVIDUALLY GATED OUT THROUGH SAID OUTPUT GATING MEANS INTO SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT AS DESIRED, (K) SAID COMBINING CIRCUIT IN TURN CONNECTING CERTAIN OUTPUTS FROM SAID GATES TO SAID SECOND AMPLIFYING MEANS WHICH ALWAYS HAS THE SAME GAIN AS SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER MEANS SINCE BOTH AMPLIFIERS ARE CONTROLLED BY SAID AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL MEANS, (L) THE OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER THUS BEING AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE ORIGINAL LEVEL STORED INTO A PARTICULAR SIGNAL STORAGE DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE SECOND AMPLIFIER AT A PARTICULAR TIME.