US3307161A
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Multiaperture core memory system
Assignee: Raytheon Co
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Filing: 1965-08-19
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1985-08-19
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Elvin L Woods
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:09
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C11/00; G11C11/02; G11C11/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
IN A WORD ORIENTED ONE ELEMENT PER BIT BINARY MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING A BIPOLAR OUTPUT, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC UNITS, EACH COMPRISING A BLOCK OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL HAVING INTERSECTING, ORTHOGONALLY DISPOSED WORD AND BIT OPENINGS THERETHROUGH, WITH SAID BLOCKS ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF BIT ROWS WITH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE BLOCKS OF A ROW ALIGNED AND WITH THE BIT ROWS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER TO FORM A PLURALITY OF BIT PLANES AND WITH THE BIT PLANES ARRANGED ADJACENT EACH OTHER TO FORM AN ARRAY WITH THE WORD OPENINGS OF CORRESPONDING BLOCKS OF EACH PLANE ALIGNED TO DEFINE A WORD COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF BITS; A PLURALITY OF WORD CONDUCTORS, WITH A WORD CONDUCTOR POSITIONED IN THE ALIGNED WORD OPENINGS OF EACH WORD RESPECTIVELY; MEANS FOR GENERATING WORD WRITE AND READ CURRENT PULSES OF OPPOSITE POLARITIES ON WORD CONDUCTORS IN SELECTED ALIGNED WORD OPENINGS; A PLURALITY OF FIRST BIT CONDUCTORS, WITH A FIRST BIT CONDUCTOR THREADED IN A SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE ROWS OF BLOCKS OF A BIT PLANE, LOOPED OVER THE END OF THE BIT PLANE, AND AGAIN THREADED IN THE SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH EACH OF THE ROWS TO PROVIDE TWO TURNS PASSING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THROUGH EACH ROW OF BIT OPENINGS; AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND BIT CONDUCTORS, WITH A SECOND BIT CONDUCTOR THREADED IN A SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE ROWS OF BLOCKS OF A BIT PLANE PROGRESSING IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE ROWS SKIPPING ALTERNATE ROWS, AND THEN PROGRESSING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE SKIPPED ROWS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
IN A WORD ORIENTED ONE ELEMENT PER BIT BINARY MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING A BIPOLAR OUTPUT, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC UNITS, EACH COMPRISING A BLOCK OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL HAVING INTERSECTING, ORTHOGONALLY DISPOSED WORD AND BIT OPENINGS THERETHROUGH, WITH SAID BLOCKS ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF BIT ROWS WITH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE BLOCKS OF A ROW ALIGNED AND WITH THE BIT ROWS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER TO FORM A PLURALITY OF BIT PLANES AND WITH THE BIT PLANES ARRANGED ADJACENT EACH OTHER TO FORM AN ARRAY WITH THE WORD OPENINGS OF CORRESPONDING BLOCKS OF EACH PLANE ALIGNED TO DEFINE A WORD COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF BITS; A PLURALITY OF WORD CONDUCTORS, WITH A WORD CONDUCTOR POSITIONED IN THE ALIGNED WORD OPENINGS OF EACH WORD RESPECTIVELY; MEANS FOR GENERATING WORD WRITE AND READ CURRENT PULSES OF OPPOSITE POLARITIES ON WORD CONDUCTORS IN SELECTED ALIGNED WORD OPENINGS; A PLURALITY OF FIRST BIT CONDUCTORS, WITH A FIRST BIT CONDUCTOR THREADED IN A SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE ROWS OF BLOCKS OF A BIT PLANE, LOOPED OVER THE END OF THE BIT PLANE, AND AGAIN THREADED IN THE SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH EACH OF THE ROWS TO PROVIDE TWO TURNS PASSING IN THE SAME DIRECTION THROUGH EACH ROW OF BIT OPENINGS; AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND BIT CONDUCTORS, WITH A SECOND BIT CONDUCTOR THREADED IN A SERPENTINE PATTERN THROUGH THE BIT OPENINGS OF THE ROWS OF BLOCKS OF A BIT PLANE PROGRESSING IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE ROWS SKIPPING ALTERNATE ROWS, AND THEN PROGRESSING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE SKIPPED ROWS.
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