Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of conducting fluid in printed circuits
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Application No.: US15086103Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US10531560B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Vijay Ekambaram , Manikandan Padmanaban , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Stephen R. Yoder; David B. Woycechowsky
- Main IPC: F15B15/00
- IPC: F15B15/00 ; H05K1/02 ; H01H29/04 ; H01H29/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for toggling circuits includes a plurality of parallel channels each having a first end and a second end, a plurality of ports transverse to the plurality of parallel channels, wherein each port has a plurality of valves corresponding to the plurality of parallel channels, wherein each valve selectively opens and closes in response to an input and wherein opening a valve fills a portion of a port with a conducting fluid. The apparatus also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the input of each valve and configured to complete an electric circuit between the first end of the parallel channel and the port corresponding to the valve when the controller opens the valve. A method executed by a computer and a corresponding computer program product are also disclosed herein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170287663A1 USE OF CONDUCTING FLUID IN PRINTED CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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