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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1991
Hung C Lin, Silver Spring, MD (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
A stepping counter using resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs). The stepping counter utilizes the periodic hysteresis characteristic of a device with folding characteristics such as a RTD connected in series with a resistance. The series circuit is biased in the upper portion of the hysteresis loop through a current source in the case of a step-up counter. When a positive-going pulse is applied through a capacitor across the series RTD-resistor circuit, the operating point jumps to the next highest stable operating point in the hysteresis loop responsive to the leading edge of the pulse, but is prevented from returning to the original operating point at the trailing edge of the pulse because of the hysteresis.