Tunnel diode discriminator circuit

Claim 1

IN A PULSE DISCRIMINATOR CIRCUIT, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING CONNECTED TO AN INPUT PULSE SOURCE AND HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SECONDARY WINDINGS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SECONDARY WINDINGS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES, A SECTION OF COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING A CENTRAL CONDUCTOR AND AN OUTER SHIELD WITH THE CENTRAL CONDUCTOR CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID PULSE SOURCE AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE OUTER SHIELD, A CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR, A TUNNEL DIODE CONNECTED TO SAID PULSE SOURCE AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE OUTER SHIELD, A CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR, A TUNNEL DIODE CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR, A BALANCING RESISTOR CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID TUNNEL DIODE AND SAID CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR, SAID BALANCING RESISTOR HAVING AN IMPEDANCE EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE RESISTANCES OF SAID CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR AND THE POSITIVE RESISTANCE OF SAID TUNNEL DIODE WHEN SUCH DIODE IS CONDUCTING LINEARLY, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SERIES COMBINATION OF SAID CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR AND SAID TUNNEL DIODE AND SAID BALANCING RESISTOR ACROSS SAID FIRST AND SECOND SECONDARY WINDINGS, AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT CONNECTED FROM THE JUNCTURE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SECONDARY WINDINGS TO THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN SAID BALANCING RESISTOR AND THE SERIES COMBINATION OF SAID CURRENT LIMITING RESISTOR AND SAID TUNNEL DIODE.