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US3209333A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Balanced magnetic memory drive and sense conductors for cancelling unwanted field effects

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1960-04-15
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1980-04-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Louis A Russell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 00:13
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C7/00; G11C7/02; G11C11/00; G11C11/02; G11C11/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A MEMORY MATRIX COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC MEANS MADE OF MATERIAL EXHIBITING AN EASY AXIS OF MAGNETIZATION DEFINING DIFFERENT STABLE STATES OF FLUX ORIENTATION, EACH SAID ELEMENTS DEFINING A PORTION OF A CLOSED FLUX PATH, SAID ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS, A PLUARALITY OF PAIRS OF ROW CONDUCTORS AND A PLURALITY OF ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS, EACH RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS AND A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS COUPLING ALL THE ELEMENTS IN A DIFFERENT ROW AND EACH ONE OF SAID RESPECTIVE SENSE CONDUCTORS BEING LOCATED INTERMEDIATE AND EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS, A PLURALITY OF COLUMN CONDUCTORS, EACH COLUMN CONDUCTOR COUPLING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A DIFFERENT COLUMN, SAID COLUMN CONDUCTORS POSITIONED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT SAID SENSE CONDUCTORS AND EQUIDISTANT FROM THE NEAREST INTERMEDIATE SENSE CONDUCTOR, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING A COLUMN CONDUCTOR AND A PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS TO SWITCH A DESIRED ELEMENT COUPLED THEREBY FROM ONE STABLE STATE TO ANOTHER INCLUDING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID SELECTED PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS WITH A BALANCED CURRENT IMPULSE WHEREBY AN OUTPUT SIGNAL IS INDUCED ON ONE OF SAID ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF UNWANTED ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC FIELD COUPLING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A MEMORY MATRIX COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC MEANS MADE OF MATERIAL EXHIBITING AN EASY AXIS OF MAGNETIZATION DEFINING DIFFERENT STABLE STATES OF FLUX ORIENTATION, EACH SAID ELEMENTS DEFINING A PORTION OF A CLOSED FLUX PATH, SAID ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS, A PLUARALITY OF PAIRS OF ROW CONDUCTORS AND A PLURALITY OF ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS, EACH RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS AND A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS COUPLING ALL THE ELEMENTS IN A DIFFERENT ROW AND EACH ONE OF SAID RESPECTIVE SENSE CONDUCTORS BEING LOCATED INTERMEDIATE AND EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS, A PLURALITY OF COLUMN CONDUCTORS, EACH COLUMN CONDUCTOR COUPLING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A DIFFERENT COLUMN, SAID COLUMN CONDUCTORS POSITIONED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT SAID SENSE CONDUCTORS AND EQUIDISTANT FROM THE NEAREST INTERMEDIATE SENSE CONDUCTOR, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING A COLUMN CONDUCTOR AND A PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS TO SWITCH A DESIRED ELEMENT COUPLED THEREBY FROM ONE STABLE STATE TO ANOTHER INCLUDING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID SELECTED PAIR OF ROW CONDUCTORS WITH A BALANCED CURRENT IMPULSE WHEREBY AN OUTPUT SIGNAL IS INDUCED ON ONE OF SAID ROW SENSE CONDUCTORS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF UNWANTED ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC FIELD COUPLING.

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