An operational-digital feedback divider

The following article describes a device capable of finding the quotient of two numbers expressed in parallel binary code. Feedback type of operation is employed to form a closed loop wherein the desired quotient is the only possible steady state. The system response is similar to that of an RC circuit. The associated time constant is directly proportional to the pulse rate involved. This device has been successfully applied in control circuits where system variables are actual numbers rather than more common voltages or currents.