Magnetic core matrix decoder

Claim 1

A MATRIX CIRCUIT FOR CONVERTING A BINARY CODE OF N BITS TO A ONE-OUT-OF-K CODE, WHERE K IS ANY DIGITAL VALUE UP TO 2N, SAID MATRIX CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC CORES EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF BINARY BITS N, THERE BEING ONE CORE FOR EACH BINARY BIT, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT WINDINGS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER K WOUND ON EACH CORE, EACH OUTPUT WINDING OF ANY ONE CORE BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH A CORRESPONDING OUTPUT WINDING ON EACH OF THE OTHER CORES TO FORM K SERIES CIRCUITS EACH INCLUDING N OUTPUT WINDINGS, MEANS INCLUDING INPUT WINDINGS ON EACH OF THE CORES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF FLUX IN EACH OF THE CORES, THE DIRECTION OF REVERSAL DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF THE ASSOCIATED BINARY BIT, WHEREBY THE VOLTAGE INDUCED ACROSS EACH OF THE OUTPUT WINDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORES HAS ONE OF TWO POLARITIES DEPENDING ON THE BINARY VALUE OF THE INPUT, THE OUTPUT WINDINGS IN EACH OF THE SERIES CIRCUITS BEING CONNECTED SO THAT THE INDUCED VOLTAGES ALL ADD IN ONE DIRECTION ACROSS A GIVEN SERIES CIRCUIT IN RESPONSE TO A PARTICULAR PATTERN OF FLUX REVERSALS, WHICH PATTERN IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH OF THE SERIES CIRCUITS, WHEREBY FOR A GIVEN PATTERN OF INPUT BINARY BITS ONLY A PARTICULAR ONE OF THE SERIES CIRCUITS HAS A MAXIMUM VOLTAGE OF ONE POLARITY ACROSS THE SERIES CIRCUITS, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE SERIES CIRCUITS FOR SENSING THE MAXIMUM VOLTAGE CONDITION.