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Logic circuit utilizing storage diodes and negative resistance diode

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1963-02-11
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Granted: 1965-10-12
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Expires: 1983-02-11
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Woo F Chow

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 12:52
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K19/00; H03K19/02; H03K19/08; H03K19/10; H03K3/00; H03K3/02; H03K3/33

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 222 words
IN COMBINATION, INPUT SIGNAL SUPPLYING MEANS CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING AN INPUT SIGNAL HAVING TWO DISTINCT LEVELS, PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS FOR PROVIDING PERIODIC PULSES SELECTIVELY BI-LATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INPUT SUPPLYING MEANS AND SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS, SAID SELECTIVELY BI-LATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS CHARACTERIZED BY CHARGE, STORAGE CAPABILITIES WHEN A FORWARD CURRENT EXISTS THEREIN, SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS PASSING REVERSE CURRENT THERETHROUGH TO SAID INPUT MANS IN RESPONSE TO A PULSE FROM SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS ONLY WHEN CHARGE IS STORED IN SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS, A BISTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE CHARACTERIZED BY AMPLIFICATION CAPABILITIES, BIAS MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO NORMALLY BIAS SAID DEVICE IN ONE OF THE STABLE OPERATING STATES THEREOF, COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS AND TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, SAID COUPLING MEANS EXHIBITING NO CHARGE STORAGE CAPABILITES AND BEING CHARACTERIZED BY UNILATERAL CONDUCTIVE CAPABILITIES TO CONDUCT CURRENT THERETHROUGH FROM SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF REVERSE CURRENT IN SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS, SAID BISTABLE DEVICE ADAPTED TO CHANGE THE STABLE OPERATING STATE IN RESPONSE TO CONDUCTION BY SAID COUPLING MEANS OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, AND RESET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, AND RESET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO RETURN SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO SAID ONE STABLE OPERATING STATE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 222 words
IN COMBINATION, INPUT SIGNAL SUPPLYING MEANS CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING AN INPUT SIGNAL HAVING TWO DISTINCT LEVELS, PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS FOR PROVIDING PERIODIC PULSES SELECTIVELY BI-LATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INPUT SUPPLYING MEANS AND SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS, SAID SELECTIVELY BI-LATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS CHARACTERIZED BY CHARGE, STORAGE CAPABILITIES WHEN A FORWARD CURRENT EXISTS THEREIN, SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS PASSING REVERSE CURRENT THERETHROUGH TO SAID INPUT MANS IN RESPONSE TO A PULSE FROM SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS ONLY WHEN CHARGE IS STORED IN SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS, A BISTABLE SWITCHING DEVICE CHARACTERIZED BY AMPLIFICATION CAPABILITIES, BIAS MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO NORMALLY BIAS SAID DEVICE IN ONE OF THE STABLE OPERATING STATES THEREOF, COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS AND TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, SAID COUPLING MEANS EXHIBITING NO CHARGE STORAGE CAPABILITES AND BEING CHARACTERIZED BY UNILATERAL CONDUCTIVE CAPABILITIES TO CONDUCT CURRENT THERETHROUGH FROM SAID PULSE SUPPLYING MEANS TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF REVERSE CURRENT IN SAID SELECTIVELY BILATERALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS, SAID BISTABLE DEVICE ADAPTED TO CHANGE THE STABLE OPERATING STATE IN RESPONSE TO CONDUCTION BY SAID COUPLING MEANS OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, AND RESET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE, AND RESET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO RETURN SAID BISTABLE DEVICE TO SAID ONE STABLE OPERATING STATE.

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