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Digital storage system

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-07-18
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Granted: 1966-01-11
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Expires: 1981-07-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Harry L Heibeck
  • 👤 Charles G Wilhelm
  • 👤 William M Oleson

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 07:51
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C21/00; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 461 words
A DIGITAL STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING, A DYNAMIC STORAGE LINE FOR STORING BINARY-CODED INDEX PULSES, SAID LINE HAVING AN INPUT, A PLURALITY OF DYNAMIC STORAGE LINES FOR STORING BINARY-CODED DATA PULSES, EACH OF SAID LINES FOR STORING DATA PULSES HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT OF SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR GENERATING INDEX PULSES, MEANS INCLUDING SAID GENERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUTS OF SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR GENERATING DATA PULSES, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR CONTROLLING THE START-STOP OPERATION OF BOTH SAID GENERATING MEANS, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUTS OF SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINES FOR SERIALLY REMOVING SAID DATA PULSES IN SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINES, SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE COMPRISES A NON-EXCLUSIVE OR GATE HAVING FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD INPUTS AND AN OUTPUT, SAID THIRD INPUT BEING ADAPTED FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAID INDEX PULSES, MEANS FOR DELAYING PULSES, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS HAVING AN INPUT CONNECTED TO SAID ORGATE OUTPUT AND AN OUTPUT, A PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER HAVING AN INPUT AND FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUTS, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DELAY LINES EACH HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DELAY LINES BEING SERIALLY CONNECTED OUTPUT-TO-INPUT IN ASCENDING ORDER SO AS TO FORM A LINEAR CHAIN OF DELAY LINES, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID DELAYING MEANS TO SAID INPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER TO SAID INPUT OF SAID FIRST DELAY LINE, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHT DELAY LINES EACH HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHT DELAY LINES BEING SERIALLY CONNECTED OUTPUT-TOINPUT IN ASCENDING ORDER SO AS TO FORM A LINEAR CHAIN, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER TO SAID INPUT OF SAID FIFTH DELAY LINE, A FIRST AND GATE HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID OR GATE AND FIRST AND SECOND INPUTS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID FOURTH DELAY LINE TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID FIRST AND GATE, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID FIRST AND GATE FOR PERIODICALLY GENERATING ENABLING PULSES, A SECOND AND GATE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INPUTS AND AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID OR GATE, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID THIRD DELAY LINE TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID SECOND AND GATE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID SECOND AND GATE FOR PRIODICALLY GENERATING ENABLING PULSES, AND TEN OUTPUT TERMINALS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID TERMINALS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUTS OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER AND TO SAID OUTPUT OF SAID FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH DELAY LINES, SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS PERMITTING EXAMINATION OF THE PULSE SEQUENCE PATTERN EXISTING IN SAID DELAY LINES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 461 words
A DIGITAL STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING, A DYNAMIC STORAGE LINE FOR STORING BINARY-CODED INDEX PULSES, SAID LINE HAVING AN INPUT, A PLURALITY OF DYNAMIC STORAGE LINES FOR STORING BINARY-CODED DATA PULSES, EACH OF SAID LINES FOR STORING DATA PULSES HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT OF SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR GENERATING INDEX PULSES, MEANS INCLUDING SAID GENERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUTS OF SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR GENERATING DATA PULSES, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE FOR CONTROLLING THE START-STOP OPERATION OF BOTH SAID GENERATING MEANS, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUTS OF SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINES FOR SERIALLY REMOVING SAID DATA PULSES IN SAID DATA-PULSE STORAGE LINES, SAID INDEX-PULSE STORAGE LINE COMPRISES A NON-EXCLUSIVE OR GATE HAVING FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD INPUTS AND AN OUTPUT, SAID THIRD INPUT BEING ADAPTED FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAID INDEX PULSES, MEANS FOR DELAYING PULSES, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS HAVING AN INPUT CONNECTED TO SAID ORGATE OUTPUT AND AN OUTPUT, A PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER HAVING AN INPUT AND FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUTS, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DELAY LINES EACH HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH DELAY LINES BEING SERIALLY CONNECTED OUTPUT-TO-INPUT IN ASCENDING ORDER SO AS TO FORM A LINEAR CHAIN OF DELAY LINES, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID DELAYING MEANS TO SAID INPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER, MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER TO SAID INPUT OF SAID FIRST DELAY LINE, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHT DELAY LINES EACH HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, SAID FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHT DELAY LINES BEING SERIALLY CONNECTED OUTPUT-TOINPUT IN ASCENDING ORDER SO AS TO FORM A LINEAR CHAIN, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER TO SAID INPUT OF SAID FIFTH DELAY LINE, A FIRST AND GATE HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID OR GATE AND FIRST AND SECOND INPUTS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID FOURTH DELAY LINE TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID FIRST AND GATE, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID FIRST AND GATE FOR PERIODICALLY GENERATING ENABLING PULSES, A SECOND AND GATE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INPUTS AND AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID OR GATE, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT OF SAID THIRD DELAY LINE TO SAID FIRST INPUT OF SAID SECOND AND GATE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID SECOND AND GATE FOR PRIODICALLY GENERATING ENABLING PULSES, AND TEN OUTPUT TERMINALS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID TERMINALS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUTS OF SAID PARAPHASE AMPLIFIER AND TO SAID OUTPUT OF SAID FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH DELAY LINES, SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS PERMITTING EXAMINATION OF THE PULSE SEQUENCE PATTERN EXISTING IN SAID DELAY LINES.

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