US PATENT SUBCLASS 377 / 122
.~.~.~ Ring counter

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377 /   HD   ELECTRICAL PULSE COUNTERS, PULSE DIVIDERS, OR SHIFT REGISTERS: CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS

118  DF  PULSE COUNTING OR DIVIDING CHAINS {4}
119  DF  .~ Using bistable regenerative trigger circuits {3}
120  DF  .~.~ Using only semiconductors having at least three electrodes {3}
122.~.~.~ Ring counter

DEFINITION

Classification: 377/122

Ring counter:

(under subclass 120) Subject matter where the semiconducting devices are used in the stages of a counter through which information is transmitted serially from input to output (one cycle) and then tranferred back to the input stage where the cycle begins again.

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46, for systems including ring counters.