Scanner employing unilaterally conducting elements and including a circuit for generating a pointed voltage distribution

Claim 2

A SCANNER COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CIRCUIT GROUPS EACH INCLUDING A FIRST, A SECOND, A THIRD, AND A FOURTH ELEMENT, EACH SAID ELEMENT HAVING A FIRT AND A SECOND END, AND ONE OF SAID THIRD AND SAID FOURTH ELEMENTS HAVING RADIATION CONVERTING PROPERTIES AND THE REMAINING ELEMENTS HAVING UNILATERAL CONDUCTING PROPERTIES, AND MEANS FOR JOINING THE FIRST ENDS OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD ELEMENTS TOGETHER AND FOR JOINING THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS TOGETHER; VOLTAGE GRADIENT MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN ASCENDING SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS AND A DESCENDING SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS, EACH LEVEL OF SAID ASCENDING SERIES BEING APPLIED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID FIRST ELEMENTS, AND EACH LEVEL OF SAID DESCENDING SERIES BEING APPLIED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID SECOND ELEMENTS; AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE FIRST ENDS OF SAID FOURTH ELEMENTS FOR PROVIDING A REFERENCE POTENTIAL AT A VOLTAGE LEVEL INCLUDING WITHIN THE SERIES OF SAID ASCENDING AND DESCENDING LEVELS, AND FOR MONITORING THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS.

Claim 3

A CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A POINTED VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CIRCUIT GROUPS EACH INCLUDING A FIRST, AND A SECOND UNILATERALLY CONDUCTING ELEMENT, EACH SAID ELEMENT HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND END, AND MEANS FOR JOINING THE FIRST ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS TOGETHER; A FIRST AND A SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS FOR ATTENUATING SIGNALS APPLIED THEREACROSS, SAID FIRST RESISTIVE MEANS HAVING EACH ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID FIRST ELEMENTS CONNECTED THERETO AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND SAID SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS HAVING EACH ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT CONNECTED THERETO AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS; AND SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS ON SAID FIRST ELEMENTS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THROUGH SAID SEQUENTIALLY LOCATED CIRCUIT GROUPS, AND TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS ON SAID SECOND ELEMENTS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY DECREASE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THROUGH SAID SEQUENTIALLY LOCATED CIRCUIT GROUPS, WHEREBY A VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION HAVING A POINTED SHAPE IS PRODUCED AT THE JOINTS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS.

Claim 4

A CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A POINTED VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CIRCUIT GROUPS EACH INCLUDING A FIRST, AND A SECOND UNILATERALLY CONDUCTING ELEMENT, EACH SAID ELEMENT HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND END, AND MEANS FOR JOINING THE FIRST ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS TOGETHER; A FIRST AND A SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS FOR ATTENUATING SIGNALS APPLIED THEREACROSS, SAID FIRST RESISTIVE MEANS HAVING EACH ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID FIRST ELEMENTS CONNECTED THERETO AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND SAID SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS HAVING EACH ONE OF THE SECOND ENDS OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT CONNECTED THERETO AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS; AND SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND RESISTIVE MEANS TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS ON SAID FIRST ELEMENTS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THROUGH SAID SEQUENTIALLY LOCATED CIRCUIT GROUPS, AND TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE LEVELS ON SAID SECOND ELEMENTS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY DECREASE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THROUGH SAID SEQUENTIALLY LOCATED CIRCUIT GROUPS, WHEREBY A VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION HAVING A POINTED SHAPE IS PRODUCED AT THE JOINTS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS.