Miniaturized switching circuit

Claim 1

A SIGNAL SWITCHING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: FIRST MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE INPUT SIGNAL AND SEPARATE OUTPUT SIGNAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING PATHS, EACH OF SAID CONDUCTING PATHS ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER; SECOND MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF STRIPS OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL EACH OF WHICH STRIPS HAS A FIRST PORTION OF FIRST TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL AND A SECOND PORTION OF SECOND TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL, SAID FIRST TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL CO-ACTING WITH SAID SECOND TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL ACROSS THE JUNCTION THEREOF TO PROVIDE UNIDIRECTIONAL CURRENT CONDUCTING MEANS; EACH OF SAID STRIPS BEING FORMED SO THAT ITS SAID FIRST PORTION PROVIDES A BAR OF FIRST TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL AND ITS SECOND PORTION PROVIDES ONE OR MORE JUNCTION MESAS PRIMARILY OF SECOND TYPE SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL, SAID MESAS BEING COMMON CONNECTED TO SAID BAR AND SELECTIVELY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID BAR; SAID SECOND MEANS ENGAGING IN REGISTRATION SAID FIRST MEANS, SUCH THAT BOTH (1) EACH JUNCTION MESA OF A STRIP IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID OUTPUT SIGNAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING PATHS TO FORM A MATRIX OF UNIDIRECTIONAL CURRENT CONDUCTING DEVICES AND (2) EACH OF SAID BARS IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ASSOCIATED INPUT SIGNAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING PATH, THEREBY ENABLING A SIGNAL WHICH IS APPLIED TO A CERTAIN ONE OF SAID INPUT SIGNAL PATHS TO RENDER RESPONSIVE SELECTED OUTPUT SIGNAL PATHS.