RANK SELECTOR Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC G06G7/25 

FIELD: automatics and analog computer engineering, possible use for building functional nodes of analog computers, means of automatic adjustment and control, analog processors.

SUBSTANCE: device contains n+1 relators, each one of which contains closing and opening keys connected by outputs, two devices for selection/storage, element "MIN", element "MAX" and Boolean inverter.

EFFECT: simplified adjustment due to provision of selection from n+1 analog signals of a signal of any given rank r∈{1,...,n+1} by means of lesser number of periods of impulse adjustment signal.

2 dwg, 1 tbl