RANK SORTER 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 relators, each one of which contains closing and opening keys, two selection/storage devices, element "MIN", element "MAX" and Boolean inverter.

EFFECT: simplified input structure and extended functional capabilities due to appropriate n+1 times decrease of number of informational inputs and provision of joint selection of n+1 sorted analog signals.

2 dwg, 1 tbl