Bistable multivibrator with trigger steering
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorZachariah H. Milburn, Jr.
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Abstract
A multivibrator constructed from cross-coupled, dual-input (NAND) gates. Each gate has a clamping network connected between its output and one input. The clamping circuit assures that the gate whose output is at a logic ZERO level changes output state in response to a trigger signal that is applied to trigger steering networks associated with both gates. As a result, the gate whose output is at a logic ONE level subsequently changes state thereby assuring predictable triggering and the desired bistable multivibrator action.
Claims8
A triggerable multivibrator comprising:
- first and second multiple-input logic gates, each having a clamped input and an unclamped input wherein the output of the first logic gate is connected to the unclamped input of the second logic gate and the output of the second logic gate is connected to the unclamped input of the first logic gate,
- a first clamping network connected between the output and the clamped input of the first logic gate, and
- a second clamping network connected between the output and the clamped input of the second logic gate.
A triggerable bistable multivibrator comprising:
- first and second dual-input NAND gates, each having a clamped input and an unclamped input wherein the output of the first NAND gate is connected to the unclamped input of the second NAND gate and the output of the second NAND gate
- is connected to the unclamped input of the first NAND gate;
- a pair of clamping networks each coupled between the output and clamped input of the associated NAND gate, said clamping networks individually comprising:
- resistive clamping means connected at one end to the output of the associated NAND gate;
- capacitive clamping means connected between the other end of the resistive clamping means and a reference potential, and
- a clamping diode having a cathode connected to the clamped input of the associated NAND gate and an anode connected to the junction of the associated resistive and capacitive clamping means;
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- a pair of trigger steering networks, each connected between the output of a source of trigger signals and the clamped input of the associated NAND gate, said steering networks individually comprising:
- resistive steering means coupled between a potential voltage and the clamped input of the associated NAND gate, and
- capacitive steering means coupled between a source of trigger signals and the clamped input of the associated NAND gate.
In a triggerable multivibrator constructed from a first and a second multiple-input, cross-coupled logic gate, the improvement comprising first and second clamping networks, said first clamping network coupled between a first input of the first logic gate and the output of that gate and said second clamping network coupled between a first input of the second logic gate and the output of that gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.