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Threshold logic circuit with quasilinear current summing
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1964-06-25
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Granted: 1967-08-08
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Expires: 1984-06-25
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas B Horgan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 13:20
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K19/00; H03K19/02; H03K19/08; H03K19/0813
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
IN A MAJORITY LOGIC CIRCUIT, A CURRENT SENSOR, A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID TERMINALS TO TWO DIFFERENT VOLTAGE LEVELS OF A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, A FIRST IMPEDANCE MEANS CONNECTING A FIRST ONE OF SAID TERMINALS TO SAID SENSOR, A FIRST DIODE MEANS CONNECTED IN ONE SENSE IN SERIES WITH SAID FIRST IMPEDANCE MEANS AND ITS ASSOCIATED TERMINAL TO BLOCK THE FLOW OF CURRENT WHEN THE ASSOCIATED TERMINAL IS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID VOLTAGE LEVELS, A SECOND IMPEDANCE MEANS CONNECTING A SECOND ONE OF SAID TERMINALS TO SENSOR, A SECOND DIODE MEANS CONNECTED IN THE OPPOSITE SENSE IN SERIES WITH SAID SECOND IMPEDANCE MEANS AND SAID SENSOR, A THIRD IMPEDANCE MEANS CONNECTING A THIRD ONE OF SAID TERMINALS TO SAID SENSOR, SAID THIRD IMPEDANCE MEANS COMPRISING TWO RESISTORS OF DIFFERENT VALUES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND A THIRD DIODE MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ONE OF SAID RESISTORS IN SAID PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATION.
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