Mechanical memory
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    发明授权
    Mechanical memory 有权
    机械记忆

    公开(公告)号:US07092272B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-15

    申请号:US11389738

    申请日:2006-03-27

    IPC分类号: G11C19/00

    CPC分类号: G11C23/00 G11C19/00

    摘要: A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus (also termed a mechanical memory) is disclosed. The mechanical memory utilizes a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell having a beam which can be bowed in either of two directions of curvature to indicate two different logic states for that memory cell. The memory cells can be arranged around a wheel which operates as a clocking actuator to serially shift data from one memory cell to the next. The mechanical memory can be formed using conventional surface micromachining, and can be formed as either a nonvolatile memory or as a volatile memory.

    摘要翻译: 公开了先进先出(FIFO)微机电存储装置(也称为机械存储器)。 机械存储器利用多个存储器单元,其中每个存储器单元具有可以在两个曲率方向中的任一方向上弯曲的光束,以指示该存储器单元的两种不同的逻辑状态。 存储器单元可以布置在作为时钟执行器的轮周围,以将数据从一个存储器单元串行地移位到下一个存储器单元。 机械存储器可以使用常规的表面微加工形成,并且可以形成为非易失性存储器或易失性存储器。