US3753253A — Magnetic domain switching matrix and control arra…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 456 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information from any one of a number of horizontal information paths to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal and vertical information paths, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths equal in number to the number of said horizontal information paths and vertical control paths equal in number to the number of said vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, each said horizontal control path and vertical control path being definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of information from a horizontal information path to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection associated with said one control network intersection, means controlled by a second coincidence of said signals at said one of said control network intersections for inhibiting the transfer of said information through said associated information transfer intersection, control means for selectively establishing an enabled or an inhibited condition at a selected one of said information transfer intersections without regard to the prior status of said selected information transfer intersection, said selective control means including means for establishing a signal on any one of said horizontal information paths, and means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal information signal with an established horizontal control signal and with said selected information transfer intersection such that each of said coordinated signals will be coincident thereat, means for supplying coded representations of said addresses associated with selected ones of said control network intersection points, and means for providing a pair of coordinated transaction signals one signal of said pair representing said horizoNtal control path and the other signal of said pair representing said vertical control path, said horizontal control path signal establishing means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said horizontal address for delaying said horizontal transaction signal, and said vertical control path signal establishing means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said vertical address for delaying said vertical transaction signal.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 456 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information from any one of a number of horizontal information paths to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal and vertical information paths, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths equal in number to the number of said horizontal information paths and vertical control paths equal in number to the number of said vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, each said horizontal control path and vertical control path being definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of information from a horizontal information path to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection associated with said one control network intersection, means controlled by a second coincidence of said signals at said one of said control network intersections for inhibiting the transfer of said information through said associated information transfer intersection, control means for selectively establishing an enabled or an inhibited condition at a selected one of said information transfer intersections without regard to the prior status of said selected information transfer intersection, said selective control means including means for establishing a signal on any one of said horizontal information paths, and means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal information signal with an established horizontal control signal and with said selected information transfer intersection such that each of said coordinated signals will be coincident thereat, means for supplying coded representations of said addresses associated with selected ones of said control network intersection points, and means for providing a pair of coordinated transaction signals one signal of said pair representing said horizoNtal control path and the other signal of said pair representing said vertical control path, said horizontal control path signal establishing means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said horizontal address for delaying said horizontal transaction signal, and said vertical control path signal establishing means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said vertical address for delaying said vertical transaction signal.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 66 words

The invention set forth in claim 1 wherein said selective coordinating means includes means for steering said delayed horizontal transaction signal in accordance with said supplied coded representation of said horizontal address to said horizontal control path associated therewith, and means for steering said delayed vertical transaction signal in accordance with said supplied coded representation of said vertical address to said vertical control path associated therewith.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 152 words

In a slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice, an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining an arrangement for time coordinating a domain in order to achieve coincidence of that domain with another time coordinated at a particular intersection of an information transfer device, said arrangement comprising a transaction channel for receiving a domain to be time coordinated, a plurality of delay arrangements for delaying a domain propagated along said transaction channel, and a plurality of auxiliary channels, each having a domain interaction point common with said transaction channel and common with a unique one of said delay arrangements, each said interaction point operable for transferring said transaction channel domain to said associated delay arrangement under control of a domain propagated along said associated auxiliary channel.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 152 words

In a slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice, an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining an arrangement for time coordinating a domain in order to achieve coincidence of that domain with another time coordinated at a particular intersection of an information transfer device, said arrangement comprising a transaction channel for receiving a domain to be time coordinated, a plurality of delay arrangements for delaying a domain propagated along said transaction channel, and a plurality of auxiliary channels, each having a domain interaction point common with said transaction channel and common with a unique one of said delay arrangements, each said interaction point operable for transferring said transaction channel domain to said associated delay arrangement under control of a domain propagated along said associated auxiliary channel.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 40 words

The invention set forth in claim 3 wherein each said intersection is definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith and wherein each said auxiliary channel is associated with a particular bit of a coded representation of said address.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 429 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information from any one of a number of horizontal information paths to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal and vertical information paths, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths equal in number to the number of said horizontal information paths and vertical control paths equal in number to the number of aid vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, each said horizontal control path and vertical control path being definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of information from a horizontal information path to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection associated with said one control network intersection, means controlled by a second coincidence of said signals at said one of said control network intersections for inhibiting the transfer of said information through said associated information transfer intersection, and a geometry of elements adapted for controlling the directional movement of magnetic domains in a slice of material in response to a magnetic field reorienting in a plane of said slice, wherein said selective coordinating means includes a transaction network of channels comprising an input channel, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, each said output channel associated with one of said auxiliary control network paths, and a plurality of other channels each having at least one domain interaction point common with each of said transaction channels, said common points between said other channels and said transaction channel arranged such that a domain propagated along said input transaction channel will be propagated along said intermediate transaction channels in a manner determined by the respective interactions between said domain and domains propagated along said other channels and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 429 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information from any one of a number of horizontal information paths to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal and vertical information paths, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths equal in number to the number of said horizontal information paths and vertical control paths equal in number to the number of aid vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, each said horizontal control path and vertical control path being definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of information from a horizontal information path to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection associated with said one control network intersection, means controlled by a second coincidence of said signals at said one of said control network intersections for inhibiting the transfer of said information through said associated information transfer intersection, and a geometry of elements adapted for controlling the directional movement of magnetic domains in a slice of material in response to a magnetic field reorienting in a plane of said slice, wherein said selective coordinating means includes a transaction network of channels comprising an input channel, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, each said output channel associated with one of said auxiliary control network paths, and a plurality of other channels each having at least one domain interaction point common with each of said transaction channels, said common points between said other channels and said transaction channel arranged such that a domain propagated along said input transaction channel will be propagated along said intermediate transaction channels in a manner determined by the respective interactions between said domain and domains propagated along said other channels and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 83 words

The invention set forth in claim 5 wherein said horizontal and vertical signal establishing means each includes a transaction channel associated with each said horizontal and vertical established signals, each said transaction channel including a plurality of delay arrangements for delaying a domain propagated along said transaction channel representative of said established signal, and n interaction points, each for transferring said transaction domain to a unique one of said delay circuits under control of domains propagated along unique ones of said other channels.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 331 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information bits from any one of a number of horizontal information positions to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal information positions and said vertical information paths each said information transfer intersection being definable in terms of a horizontal and vertical address, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths associated with said horizontal information positions and vertical control paths associated with said vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, means for supplying coded representations of said addresses associated with selected ones of said control network intersection points, means for providing a pair of coordinated transaction signals one signal of said pair representing said horizontal control path and the other signal of said pair representing said vertical control path, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, said means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said horizontal address for delaying said horizontal transaction signal, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, said means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said vertical address for delaying said vertical transaction signal, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, and means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of an information bit from a horizontal information position to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection assoCiated with said one control network intersection and for toggling said information bit contained thereat.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 331 words

An arrangement for selectively transferring information bits from any one of a number of horizontal information positions to any one of a number of vertical information paths, said information transfer occurring at respective intersections between said horizontal information positions and said vertical information paths each said information transfer intersection being definable in terms of a horizontal and vertical address, said arrangement comprising a control network having horizontal control paths associated with said horizontal information positions and vertical control paths associated with said vertical information paths, each intersection between one of said horizontal control paths and one of said vertical control paths being associated with a unique one of said information transfer intersections, means for supplying coded representations of said addresses associated with selected ones of said control network intersection points, means for providing a pair of coordinated transaction signals one signal of said pair representing said horizontal control path and the other signal of said pair representing said vertical control path, means for establishing a signal on any of said horizontal control paths, said means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said horizontal address for delaying said horizontal transaction signal, means for establishing a signal on any of said vertical control paths, said means including means controlled by a supplied coded representation of said vertical address for delaying said vertical transaction signal, means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal control signal with an established vertical control signal and with any one of said control network intersections such that each said established horizontal path signal will be coincident with each said established vertical path signal at a particular one of said control network intersections, and means controlled by a first coincidence of said signals at one of said control network intersections for enabling the transfer of an information bit from a horizontal information position to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection assoCiated with said one control network intersection and for toggling said information bit contained thereat.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 64 words

The invention set forth in claim 7 wherein said selective coordinating means includes means for steering said delayed horizontal transaction signal in accordance with said supplied coded representation of said horizontal address to said horizontal path associated therewith, and means for steering said delayed vertical transaction signal in accordance with said supplied coded representation of said vertical address to said vertical path associated therewith.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 65 words

The invention set forth in claim 7 further comprising means controlled by a second coincidence of said signals at said one of said control network intersections for again enabling the transfer of an information bit from a horizontal information position to a vertical information path at said information transfer intersection associated with said one control network intersection and for toggling said information bit contained thereat.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 125 words

The invention set forth in claim 9 further comprising control means for selectively establishing a first information bit or a second information bit at a selected one of said information transfer intersections without regard to the prior information bit contained at said selected information transfer intersection, said selective control means including a plurality of horizontal information paths equal in number to said number of horizontal control paths, each horizontal information path associated with one said horizontal control paths, means for establishing a signal on any one of said horizontal information paths, and means for selectively coordinating an established horizontal information signal with an established horizontal control signal and with said selected information transfer intersection such that each of said coordinated signals will be coincident thereat.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 167 words

The invention set forth in claim 7 wherein said arrangement comprises a geometry of elements adapted for controlling the directional movement of magnetic domains in a slice of material in response to a magnetic field reorienting in a plane of said slice, wherein said selective coordinating means includes a transaction network of channels comprising an input channel, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, each said output channel associated with one of said auxiliary control network channels, a plurality of other channels each having at least one domain interaction point common with each of said transaction channels, said common points between said other channels and said transaction channel arranged such that a domain propagated along said input transaction channel will be propagated along said intermediate transaction channels in a manner determined by the respective interactions between said domain and domains propagated along said other channels and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 86 words

The invention set forth in claim 11 wherein said horizontal and vertical delay controlling means each includes a plurality of auxiliary domain propagation channels, each for propagating domains representative of one bit of said transfer intersection address, a plurality of delay arrangements for delaying a domain propagated along said transaction channel representative of said established signal, and n interaction points, each for transferring said transaction domain to a unique one of said delay circuits under control of domains propagated along unique ones of said auxiliary channels.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 141 words

A slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice and an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining a first grid of intersecting channels having horizontal and vertical paths, a second grid of intersectIng channels having horizontal and vertical paths, each second grid intersection point being uniquely associated with one of said first grid intersection points, each said second grid intersection point arranged such that upon a coincidence of domains thereat one of said coincident domains is transferred to said associated first grid intersection point so that domains propagated along a horizontal path to said first grid intersection point will propagate along said vertical path from said first grid intersection point under control of said transferred domain.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 141 words

A slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice and an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining a first grid of intersecting channels having horizontal and vertical paths, a second grid of intersectIng channels having horizontal and vertical paths, each second grid intersection point being uniquely associated with one of said first grid intersection points, each said second grid intersection point arranged such that upon a coincidence of domains thereat one of said coincident domains is transferred to said associated first grid intersection point so that domains propagated along a horizontal path to said first grid intersection point will propagate along said vertical path from said first grid intersection point under control of said transferred domain.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 78 words

The invention set forth in claim 13 wherein each said second grid intersection point is further arranged such that upon a second coincidence of domains thereat one of said second coincident domains is transferred to said associated first grid intersection point for interaction with said first coincident transferred domain so that domains propagated along a horizontal path to said first grid intersection point will be inhibited from propagation along said vertical path from said first grid intersection point.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 137 words

The invention set forth in claim 14 wherein said overlay further defines an arrangement for providing coincident domains at selected intersection points of said second grid, each said horizontal and vertical path of said second grid definable in terms of an address associated therewith, auxiliary paths for supplying domains representative of said addresses associated with selected ones of said second grid intersection points, a pair of transaction channels for supplying transaction domains, one domain of said pair representing said second grid horizontal paths and the other domain of said pair representing said second grid vertical paths, and delay elements associated with each transaction channel, each element operable in response to domains supplied over one of said auxiliary paths for delaying each transaction domain an amount determined by the respectively associated address domains supplied over said auxiliary channels.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 107 words

The invention set forth in claim 15 wherein each said transaction channel includes an input channel, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, a plurality of interaction points between said auxiliary channels supplying said address domains and each said transaction path, said interaction points arranged such that a domain propagated along said input channel of said transaction path will be subsequently propagated through said intermediate transaction channels in a manner controlled by the respective interactions between said transaction channel domain and said supplied address domains and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 269 words

A geometry of elements adapted for controlling the directional movement of magnetic domains in a slice of material in response to a magnetic field reorienting in a plane of said elements said element defining a first matrix array of intersecting channels having n horizontal channels and m vertical channels, nxm interaction points, each uniquely associated with one of said intersections of said first matrix array, a transaction channel associated with said horizontal channels, said transaction channel having a single input and n outputs, each of said outputs associated with a particular one of said horizontal channels, a transaction channel associated with said vertical channels, said transaction channel having a single input and m outputs, each said output associated with a particular one of said vertical channels, p first auxiliary channels, where p is the number of bits necessary to define n in binary format, each one of said first auxiliary channels having at least one interaction point with said horizontal transaction channel and arranged in conjunction therewith such that a domain moving along said horizontal transaction channel from said input will mOve to one of said outputs under control of domains moving along said first auxiliary channel, and q second auxiliary channels, where q is the number of bits necessary to define m in binary format, each one of said second auxiliary channels having at least one interaction point with said vertical transaction channel and arranged in conjunction therewith such that a domain moving along said vertical transaction channel from said input will move to one of said outputs under control of domains moving along said second auxiliary channel.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 269 words

A geometry of elements adapted for controlling the directional movement of magnetic domains in a slice of material in response to a magnetic field reorienting in a plane of said elements said element defining a first matrix array of intersecting channels having n horizontal channels and m vertical channels, nxm interaction points, each uniquely associated with one of said intersections of said first matrix array, a transaction channel associated with said horizontal channels, said transaction channel having a single input and n outputs, each of said outputs associated with a particular one of said horizontal channels, a transaction channel associated with said vertical channels, said transaction channel having a single input and m outputs, each said output associated with a particular one of said vertical channels, p first auxiliary channels, where p is the number of bits necessary to define n in binary format, each one of said first auxiliary channels having at least one interaction point with said horizontal transaction channel and arranged in conjunction therewith such that a domain moving along said horizontal transaction channel from said input will mOve to one of said outputs under control of domains moving along said first auxiliary channel, and q second auxiliary channels, where q is the number of bits necessary to define m in binary format, each one of said second auxiliary channels having at least one interaction point with said vertical transaction channel and arranged in conjunction therewith such that a domain moving along said vertical transaction channel from said input will move to one of said outputs under control of domains moving along said second auxiliary channel.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 97 words

The invention set forth in claim 17 wherein said elements further define p delay arrangements each associated with one of said first auxiliary channels and arranged in conjunction with said horizontal transaction channel such that said transaction domain passes serially through said delay arrangements under control of domains moving along said first auxiliary channels, and q delay arrangements each associated with one of said second auxiliary channels and arranged in conjunction with said vertical transaction channel such that said transaction domain passes serially through said delay arrangements under control of domains moving along said second auxiliary channels.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 189 words

In a slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice, an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining an arrangement for spatially distributing a domain in order to achieve coincidence of that domain with another spatially distributed domain at a particular intersection of an information transfer device, said arrangement comprising a transaction network of channels comprising an input channel for receiving a domain to be spatially distributed, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, a plurality of auxiliary channels each having a domain interaction point with at least one of said transaction channels, said interaction points between said auxiliary channels and said transaction channels arranged such that a domain propagated along said input transaction channel will be propagated through said intermediate transaction channels in a manner determined by the respective interactions between said transaction channel domain and domains propagated along said auxiliary channel and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 189 words

In a slice of material in which single wall domains can be moved in response to a magnetic field reorienting in the plane of said slice, an overlay of magnetically soft material juxtaposed with a surface of said slice, said overlay defining an arrangement for spatially distributing a domain in order to achieve coincidence of that domain with another spatially distributed domain at a particular intersection of an information transfer device, said arrangement comprising a transaction network of channels comprising an input channel for receiving a domain to be spatially distributed, a plurality of intermediate channels and a plurality of output channels, a plurality of auxiliary channels each having a domain interaction point with at least one of said transaction channels, said interaction points between said auxiliary channels and said transaction channels arranged such that a domain propagated along said input transaction channel will be propagated through said intermediate transaction channels in a manner determined by the respective interactions between said transaction channel domain and domains propagated along said auxiliary channel and will thereby be propagated along a unique one of said output channels dependent only upon said interactions.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 40 words

The invention set forth in claim 19 wherein each said intersection is definable in terms of an address individually associated therewith an wherein each said auxiliary channel is associated with a particular bit of a coded representation of said address.

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Magnetic domain switching matrix and control arrangement

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