Magnetostrictive stability device

Claim 1

IN A RECIRCULATING MEMORY SYSTEM OF THE TYPE EMPLOYING A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DELAY LINE FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF DATA BITS, A READ TRANSDUCER, AND A WRITE TRANSDUCER, A STABILITY DEVICE THEREFORE, COMPRISING, MEANS FOR GENERATING BASIC TIMING SIGNALS, EACH OF SAID SIGNALS HAVING AN ENABLING PERIOD AND AN INHIBITING PERIOD, AN INVERTER CONNECTED TO SAID TIMING MEANS FOR GENERATING AN INVERTED TIMING SIGNAL HAVING AN INHIBITING PERIOD CORRESPONDING TO SAID ENABLING PERIOD OF SAID BASIC TIMING SIGNAL AND AN ENABLING PERIOD CORRESPONDING TO SAID INHIBITING PERIOD OF SAID BASIC TIMING SIGNAL, MEANS FOR STORING SUCCESSIVE DATA BITS DURING SAID ENABLING PERIOD OF SAID BASIC TIMING SIGNAL AND SAID CORRESPONDING INHIBITING PERIOD OF SAID INVERTED TIMING SIGNAL, A FIRST GATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID READ TRANSDUCER AND SAID INVERTER FOR PASSING DATA BITS TO SAID STORING MEANS DURING THE ENABLING PERIOD OF SAID INVERTED TIMING SIGNAL, AND A SECOND GATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID STORING MEANS AND SAID GENERATING MEANS FOR REMOVING THE INPUT TO SAID WRITE TRANSDUCER FROM SAID STORING MEANS DURING THE INHIBITING PERIOD OF SAID BASIC TIMING SIGNAL, WHEREBY SAID WRITE TRANSDUCER REWRITES THE RETIMED DATA BIT INTO SAID DELAY LINE.