Chemical memory cell

Claim 1

A MEMORY UNIT PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN A COMPUTER CIRCUIT COMPRISING A CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CIRCUITS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID PLURALITY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CIRCUITS BEING CAPABLE OF EXISTING IN EITHER ONE OF TWO DISTINCT POTENTIAL STATES, SAID PLURALITY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CIRCUITS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED METALLIC SWITCHING ELECTRODE MOUNTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID CONTAINER, A SINGLE METALLIC ELECTRODE SPACED FROM SAID SWITCHING ELECTRODES AND COMMON TO ALL OF SAID SWITCHING ELECTRODE, SAID ELECTRODE BEING MOUNTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID METAL OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING SELECTED FROM THE ELECTROMOTIVE SERIES, A METALLIC ION-CONTAINING ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, SAID ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION COMPRISING A FIRST GROUP AND A SECOND GROUP OF METALLIC IONS, SAID FIRST GROUP OF METALLIC IONS BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID PLURALITY FO SWITCHING ELECTRODES AND DIFFERENT FROM AND HAVING A HIGHER ELECTROMOTIVE ACTIVITY THAN THE METAL OF SAID PLURALITY OF SWITCHING ELECTRODES AND SAID SECOND GROUP OF METALLIC IONS BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID SINGLE ELECTRODE AND SIMILAR TO THE METAL OF SAID SINGLE ELECTRODE, AND A POROUS MEMBRANE POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PLURALITY OF SWITCHING ELECTRODES AND SAID ANGLE ELECTRODE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A SEPARATION THEREBETWEEN.