Magnetic memory circuits

Claim 1

AN INFORMATION STORAGE CIRCUIT COMPRISING A MAGNETIC WIRE MEMORY ELEMENT CAPABLE OF HAVING SEGMENTS THEREOF MAGNETIZED IN ONE OR THE OTHER REMANENT MAGNETIC STATE, AN ELECTRICAL FIRST CONDUCTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID MEMORY ELEMENT AND DEFINING AN INFORMATION ADDRESS SEGMENT THEREON, SAID ADDRESS SEGMENT BEING MAGNETIZED IN SAID ONE REMANENT MAGNETIC STATE, MEANS FOR APPLYING A FIRST CURRENT PULSE TO SAID CONDUCTOR FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD OF A MAGNITUDE SUFFICIENT TO SWITCH SAID ADDRESS SEGMENT FROM SAID ONE TO SAID OTHER REMANENT MAGNETIC STATE; AND INFORMATION CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING A MAGNETICALLY PERMEABLE ELECTRICAL SECOND CONDUCTOR INDUCTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR FOR SHUNTING SAID FIELD FROM SAID ADDRESS SEGMENT TO LEAVE SAID SEGMENT IN SAID ONE REMANENT MAGNETIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE BINARY VALUE, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A SECOND CURRENT PULSE TO SAID SECOND CONDUCTOR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID FIRST CURRENT PULSE TO CHANGE THE PERMEABILITY OF SAID SECOND CONDUCTOR TO PERMIT SAID FIELD TO SWITCH SAID ADDRESS SEGMENT TO SAID OTHER REMANENT MAGNETIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER BINARY VALUE.