Abstract:
A decoder for cylindrical magnetic domain shift registers having means to clear the information from selected registers thus enabling new information to be written into those registers. The decoder is incorporated into 2N closed loop shift registers and uses only a small part of the storage area of the magnetic sheet in which domains exist. It is activated by 2N control lines (N pairs). Depending upon the activation of the decoder, the information in a selected shift register is passed to a clear means which sends it into one of two paths depending upon the activation of the clear means. One path brings the information to a detector for destructive readout, while the other path brings the information to a domain splitter. The domain splitter splits the input domains into two parts, one of which propagates to the detector while the other returns to the proper shift register. Thus, non-destructive readout (NDRO) or destructive read-out (DRO) is provided depending upon the activation of the clear means.
Abstract:
An integrated magneto-resistive sensor for detection of magnetic bubble domains. The sensor is located on the chip in which the bubble domains propagate and can be an integral part of the propagation circuitry. Any material exhibiting a magnetoresistive effect can be used, and permalloy is a preferred material. The sensing element can be made very small, and has a length which is usually about equal to a bubble domain diameter.
Abstract:
A gapless, multithickness propagation structure is provided for implementing the continuous movement of magnetic bubble domains under the control of a reorienting in-plane field. Propagation is achieved by providing two parallel rows of H-shaped overlays of soft magnetic material in spaced-apart end-to-end relation adjacent to one surface of a magnetic medium having magnetic bubble domains therein. The ends of the H-shaped overlays in each row are connected to each other and the ends of the H-shaped overlays in the adjacent row by means of a transversely extending overlay strip having a thickness approximately one-half the thickness of the H-shaped overlays. High storage density, with a cell size 8W2 is obtained, where W is the line width of the elements in the structure.
Abstract:
A two-phase conductor means for propagation of cylindrical magnetic domains (bubble domains) in an underlying magnetic medium, such as orthoferrite or garnet. By pulsing parallel conductors alternately with bi-polar pulses, propagation of domains in the magnetic material is achieved. Very small domains can be used with these conductors and fabrication is more simple than with conventional conductor loops. A bi-directional shift register having four conductors (connected in pairs) per stage is shown.