Switching circuit with a capacitor directly connected between the bases of opposite conductivity transistors

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS OF OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE HAVING THEIR COLLECTOREMITTER PATHS CONNECTED IN SERIES BETWEEN POINTS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING POTENTIAL; AN OUTPUT CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID TRANSISTORS; AN INPUT TERMINAL; FIRST COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INPUT TERMINAL AND THE BASE ELECTRODE OF THE FIRST TRANSISTOR; SECOND, SEPARATE COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INPUT TERMINAL AND THE BASE ELECTRODE OF THE SECOND TRANSISTOR; MEANS FOR NORMALLY APPLYING A FIRST VOLTAGE AT SAID INPUT TERMINAL HAVING A VALUE TO BIAS SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR INTO SATURATION AND TO BIAS SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IN NONCONDUCTING CONDITION; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CHANGING THE VOLTAGE AT SAID INPUT TERMINAL TO A VALUE TO BIAS SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR INTO SATURATION AND TO BIAS SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR IN A NONCONDUCTING CONDITION; AND A CAPACITOR DIRECTLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BASE ELECTRODES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS AND HAVING A VALUE TO PREVENT THE NONCONDUCTING TRANSISTOR FROM TURNING ON DURING THE SATURATION DELAY TIME OF THE SATURATED TRANSISTOR WHEN THE INPUT VOLTAGE IS CHANGED.