Magnetic core switching circuit

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A SWITCHING MATRIX OF A TYPE COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC CORE MEMBERS ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS EACH SAID MEMBERS MADE OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL EXHIBITING OPPOSITE STABLE STATES OF FLUX REMANENCE AND HAVING INPUT OUTPUT WINDING MEANS COUPLED THERETO, AND INPUT TERMINAL FOR EACH SAID ROW CONNECTED TO THE INPUT WINDING MEANS OF EACH SAID ELEMENT THEREOF FOR SWITCHING EACH ELEMENT OF EACH ROW FROM ONE STABLE STATE TO ANOTHER, AND AN OUTPUT TERMINAL FOR EACH OF SAID COLUMNS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT WINDING MEANS OF EACH ELEMENT THEREOF FOR MANIFESTING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO THE SWITCHING OF ANY ELEMENT OF SAID COLUMN, AND MEANS COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF PERMANENT BAR MAGNETS, AND A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SAID BAR MAGNETS HAVING APERTURES THEREIN, SAID STRUCTURE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID CORE MEMBERS AND SUPPORTING SAID BAR MAGNETS FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING ONE END OF GIVEN ONES OF SAID BAR MAGNETS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID MEMBERS TO APPLY A TRANSVERSE FIELD TO THE CORE MEMBERS AND INHIBIT THE SWITCHING THEREOF FROM ONE MAGNET STATE TO ANOTHER