Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A bubble domain memory plane, comprising: a non-magnetic substrate; a plurality of layers of magnetizable material superposed said substrate in each of which layers a bubble domain may be generated and sustained by appropriate drive fields; a parallel set of X drive lines; superposed said substrate a parallel set of Y drive lines insulatively superposed and orthogonally oriented with respect to said parallel set of X drive lines for forming a plurality of memory areas one at each X, Y drive line intersection, each of said memory areas having four corner oriented quadrants; and, each one of said bubble domain sustaining layers oriented in only one of said four quadrants of each of said memory areas for forming a bubble domain confinement area in said only one of said four quadrants of each of said memory areas.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A bubble domain memory plane, comprising: a non-magnetic substrate; a plurality of layers of magnetizable material superposed said substrate in each of which layers a bubble domain may be generated and sustained by appropriate drive fields; a parallel set of X drive lines; superposed said substrate a parallel set of Y drive lines insulatively superposed and orthogonally oriented with respect to said parallel set of X drive lines for forming a plurality of memory areas one at each X, Y drive line intersection, each of said memory areas having four corner oriented quadrants; and, each one of said bubble domain sustaining layers oriented in only one of said four quadrants of each of said memory areas for forming a bubble domain confinement area in said only one of said four quadrants of each of said memory areas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
115 words
A bubble domain memory plane, comprising: a non-magnetic substrate; a layer of magnetizable material formed upon said non-magnetic substrate in a matrix array of confinement areas each of which is capable of sustaining bubble domains, said confinement areas surrounded by said layer of magnetizable material which is incapable of sustaining bubble domains; and, a parallel set of X drive lines and an orthogonally oriented, insulatively superposed parallel set of Y drive lines forming a memory area at each X, Y drive line intersection, each memory area having four corner oriented quadrants for positioning only one of said confinement areas in only a like oriented one of the four quadrants of each of said memory areas.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
115 words
A bubble domain memory plane, comprising: a non-magnetic substrate; a layer of magnetizable material formed upon said non-magnetic substrate in a matrix array of confinement areas each of which is capable of sustaining bubble domains, said confinement areas surrounded by said layer of magnetizable material which is incapable of sustaining bubble domains; and, a parallel set of X drive lines and an orthogonally oriented, insulatively superposed parallel set of Y drive lines forming a memory area at each X, Y drive line intersection, each memory area having four corner oriented quadrants for positioning only one of said confinement areas in only a like oriented one of the four quadrants of each of said memory areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The bubble domain memory plane of claim 2 in which said confinement area is up to 50% larger than the diameter of a bubble domain that would normally be sustained by said layer in said confinement areas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The bubble domain memory plane of claim 3 further including: X and Y drive field generating means coupled to said X and Y drive lines selectively coupling first or second half-select drive currents to a selected one of said X and said Y drive lines for selectively generating or annihilating a bubble domain in only the one fully-selected confinement area.