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Radiation-hardened recording system

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1964-10-02
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Granted: 1969-03-11
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Expires: 1984-10-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fred G Hewitt
  • 👤 Raymond H James

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 08:26
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C11/00; G11C11/02; G11C11/06; G11C11/06007; G11C11/06078

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 365 words
A PORTABLE RADIATION-HARDENED RECORDING SYSTEM, COMPRISING: FIRST, SECOND, THROUGH N DETECTOR-DELAY SETS, EACH OF SAID SETS INCLUDING; A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIZABLE DETECTOR MEANS; A PLURALITY OF INTERLEAVED STROBE PULSE DELAY MEANS, A SEPARATE ONE INTERMEDIATE ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF DETECTOR MEANS; A TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINE SERIALLY INTERCOUPLING SAID PLURALITY OF DETECTOR MEANS; A STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINE SERIALLY INTERCOUPLING SAID INTERLEAVED DETECTOR MEANS AND DELAY MEANS; THE TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES OF SAID N SETS SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED; A TRANSIENT SIGNAL DELAY MEANS INTERCOUPLED INTERMEDIATE THE TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SETS; SENSOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY LONG DURATION VARYING AMPLITUDE TRANSIENT ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO SAID SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES; FIRST STROBE GENERATOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSE TO THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINE OF SAID FIRST SET; SEPARATE COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS COUPLED TO SEPARATE ONES OF THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSE TO THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS; A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS, A SEPARATE ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS; SECOND STROBE GENERATOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A TRIGGER PULSE TO SAID PLURALITY OF SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS; THE RESPECTIVELY DELAYED TRIGGER PULSE EMITTED FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS COUPLED TO THE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS ASSOCIATED COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR; SAID TRIGGER GENERATOR MEANS COUPLING SAID TRIGGER PULSE TO SAID PLURALITY OF TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS FOR CAUSING RESPECTIVELY DELAYED TRIGGER PULSES TO BE COUPLED TO THE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS ASSOCIATED COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS WHEREBY SAID COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS COUPLE RESPECTIVELY DELAYED RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSES TO THEIR ASSOCIATED STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES COINCIDENT WITH SAID SENSOR MEANS COUPLING SAID TRANSIENT SIGNAL TO SAID SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES; SAID STROBE PULSES COINCIDENT AT THEIR RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED DETECTOR MEANS WITH A DIFFERENT RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION SAMPLED PORTION OF SAID TRANSIENT SIGNAL; EACH OF SAID DETECTOR MEANS RECORDING ITS RESPECTIVE TRANSIENT SIGNAL SAMPLED PORTION AS A RESPECTIVE TIME-LIMITED FLUX LEVEL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 365 words
A PORTABLE RADIATION-HARDENED RECORDING SYSTEM, COMPRISING: FIRST, SECOND, THROUGH N DETECTOR-DELAY SETS, EACH OF SAID SETS INCLUDING; A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIZABLE DETECTOR MEANS; A PLURALITY OF INTERLEAVED STROBE PULSE DELAY MEANS, A SEPARATE ONE INTERMEDIATE ADJACENT ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF DETECTOR MEANS; A TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINE SERIALLY INTERCOUPLING SAID PLURALITY OF DETECTOR MEANS; A STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINE SERIALLY INTERCOUPLING SAID INTERLEAVED DETECTOR MEANS AND DELAY MEANS; THE TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES OF SAID N SETS SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED; A TRANSIENT SIGNAL DELAY MEANS INTERCOUPLED INTERMEDIATE THE TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SETS; SENSOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY LONG DURATION VARYING AMPLITUDE TRANSIENT ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO SAID SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES; FIRST STROBE GENERATOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSE TO THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINE OF SAID FIRST SET; SEPARATE COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS COUPLED TO SEPARATE ONES OF THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS FOR COUPLING A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSE TO THE STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS; A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS, A SEPARATE ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID SECOND THROUGH NTH SETS; SECOND STROBE GENERATOR MEANS FOR COUPLING A TRIGGER PULSE TO SAID PLURALITY OF SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS; THE RESPECTIVELY DELAYED TRIGGER PULSE EMITTED FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS COUPLED TO THE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS ASSOCIATED COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR; SAID TRIGGER GENERATOR MEANS COUPLING SAID TRIGGER PULSE TO SAID PLURALITY OF TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS FOR CAUSING RESPECTIVELY DELAYED TRIGGER PULSES TO BE COUPLED TO THE TRIGGER PULSE DELAY MEANS ASSOCIATED COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS WHEREBY SAID COMPLEX STROBE GENERATOR MEANS COUPLE RESPECTIVELY DELAYED RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION TIME-LIMITED STROBE PULSES TO THEIR ASSOCIATED STROBE PULSE DRIVE LINES COINCIDENT WITH SAID SENSOR MEANS COUPLING SAID TRANSIENT SIGNAL TO SAID SERIALLY INTERCOUPLED TRANSIENT SIGNAL DRIVE LINES; SAID STROBE PULSES COINCIDENT AT THEIR RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED DETECTOR MEANS WITH A DIFFERENT RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION SAMPLED PORTION OF SAID TRANSIENT SIGNAL; EACH OF SAID DETECTOR MEANS RECORDING ITS RESPECTIVE TRANSIENT SIGNAL SAMPLED PORTION AS A RESPECTIVE TIME-LIMITED FLUX LEVEL.

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