US4874968A
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Component produced using integrated technology for the fabrication of integrated circuits
Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
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Filing: 1987-12-03
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Granted: 1989-10-17
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Expires: 2007-12-03
Abstract
Abstract For a component produced using integrated technology for providing integrated circuits with at least one programmable matrix shaped connecting field formed on a substrate with line and column conductors which can be connected in the area of at least one part of their intersecting points by coupling elements, two activatable or two deactivatable coupling elements (42,44) with a direction of activity at an angle of 90° to one another are assigned to each of at least one part of the intersection points within the connecting field.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Brockmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 07:51
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K19/00; H03K19/02; H03K19/173; H03K19/177; H03K19/17748; H03K19/17772; H03K19/17704; H03K19/17708; H03K19/17712; H03K19/17736
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An integrated circuit component with at least one programmable matrix type connecting field formed on a substrate and having line and column conductors forming a plurality of intersection points, and at least some of said intersection points each having associated with it two coupling elements each connected between and associated with the line and column conductor crossing one another at the involved intersection point, each of said two coupling elements associated with an intersection point having an initial active or inactive state and being capable of being deactivated or activated to give it a state opposite to that of its initial state, one of said coupling elements when active serving to connect the associated line conductor to another terminal in response to signals on the associated column conductor and the other of said coupling elements when active serving to connect the associated column conductor to another terminal in response to signals on the associated line conductor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An integrated circuit component with at least one programmable matrix type connecting field formed on a substrate and having line and column conductors forming a plurality of intersection points, and at least some of said intersection points each having associated with it two coupling elements each connected between and associated with the line and column conductor crossing one another at the involved intersection point, each of said two coupling elements associated with an intersection point having an initial active or inactive state and being capable of being deactivated or activated to give it a state opposite to that of its initial state, one of said coupling elements when active serving to connect the associated line conductor to another terminal in response to signals on the associated column conductor and the other of said coupling elements when active serving to connect the associated column conductor to another terminal in response to signals on the associated line conductor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
112 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 1 further characterized by each of said line conductors and each of said column conductors having at least one interface at which the associated conductor can be divided into conductor segments, each of said interfaces having an initial active or inactive state and being capable of being deactivated or activated to give it a state opposite to that of its initial state, each of said interfaces having associated with it two segments of the associated conductor and serving in its active state to electrically connect said two associated conductor segments and serving in its inactive state to electrically disconnect said two associated conductor segments.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 1 further characterized by at least some other said intersection points each having associated with it a logically non-inverting connector between the line and column conductor crossing one another at the involved intersection point.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 1 further characterized by at least some other said intersection points each having associated with it a logically inverting connector between the line and column conductor crossing one another at the involved intersection point.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 4 further characterized by each of said connectors being bidirectional.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 3 further characterized by each of said connectors having an initial active or inactive state and being capable of being deactivated or activated to give it a state opposite to that of its initial state.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 4 further characterized by each of said connectors having an initial active or inactive state and being capable of being deactivated or activated to give it a state opposite to that of its initial state.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 2 further characterized by other of said intersection points each having associated with it a logical connector for transferring a logic signal in either inverted or noninverted form from one to the other of the conductors comprising the involved intersection point.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 8 further characterized by said intersection points having two coupling elements, said intersection points having connectors and said interfaces being distributed uniformly over said connecting field.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
An integrated circuit component as defined in claim 1 wherein along the borders of said connecting field there are active elements with extended logical functions.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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