Variable delay line

Claim 1

A VARIABLE DELAY LINE COMPRISING, (A) A FIRST CONDUCTOR HAVING A LENGTH AND WIDTH DIMENSION; (B) A SECOND CONDUCTOR HAVING A LENGTH AND WIDTH DIMENSION AND ORIENTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR TO PROVIDE A TRANSMISSION EFFECT, SAID CONDUCTORS BEING ORIENTED IN A ZIG-ZAG CONFIGURATION SO THAT SECTIONS THEREOF ARE ARRANGED IN PARALLEL FASHION WITH OTHER SECTIONS WHEREIN A MAJORITY OF SAID PARALLEL SECTIONS ARE OF LONGER LENGTH THAN THE REMAINING SECTIONS; (C) SPACER POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTORS, SAID SPACER FURTHER INCLUDING A THIN MAGNETIC FILM HAVING THE APPROXIMATE PROPORTIONS OF 80% FE AND 20% NI, SAID FILM FURTHER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY THE PROPERTY OF UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY WHEREBY AN EASY AXIS IS INDUCED IN SAID FILM, SAID EASY AXIS BEING ORIENTED ALONG SAID LENGTH DIMENSION OF SAID LONGER PARALLEL SECTIONS; (D) INPUT MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPLY CURRENT TO SAID CONDUCTORS SUCH THAT A MAGNETIC FIELD LINKS SAID FILM IN THE HARD AXIS; (E) OUTPUT MEANS ADAPTED TO PROVIDE OUTPUTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE APPLICATION OF INPUTS AT SAID INPUT MEANS; (F) FIRST EXTERNAL MEANS JUXTAPOSED TO SAID LONGER PARALLEL SECTIONS FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE DIRECTION OFF SAID EASY AXIS OF SAID LONGER PARALLEL SECTION; (G) SECOND EXTERNAL MEANS JUXTAPOSED TO SAID LONGER PARALLEL SECTIONS FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID HARD AXIS OF SAID LONGER PARALLEL SECTION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND EXTERNAL MEANS BEING APPLIED SINGLY OR TOGETHER TO FORM A VARIABLE DELAY LINE BY VARYING THE PERMEABILITY OF SAID FILM FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 TO APPROXIMATELY 10,000.