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US08436637B1 Noise-assisted reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate and method
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噪声辅助可编程纳米机械逻辑门和方法
- Patent Title: Noise-assisted reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate and method
- Patent Title (中): 噪声辅助可编程纳米机械逻辑门和方法
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Application No.: US13043733Application Date: 2011-03-09
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Publication No.: US08436637B1Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: William L. Ditto , Pritiraj Mohanty , Sudeshna Sinha , Ardeshir R. Bulsara , Diego N. Guerra , Krishnamurthy Murali
- Applicant: William L. Ditto , Pritiraj Mohanty , Sudeshna Sinha , Ardeshir R. Bulsara , Diego N. Guerra , Krishnamurthy Murali
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Kyle Eppele; Stephen E. Baldwin
- Main IPC: H03K19/175
- IPC: H03K19/175

Abstract:
A nanomechanical device, operating as a reprogrammable logic gate, and performing fundamental logic functions such as AND/OR and NAND/NOR. The logic function can be programmed (e.g., from AND to OR) dynamically, by adjusting the operating parameters of the resonator. The device can access one of two stable steady states, according to a specific logic function; this operation is mediated by the noise floor which can be directly adjusted, or dynamically tuned via an adjustment of the underlying nonlinearity of the resonator, i.e., it is not necessary to have direct control over the noise floor. The demonstration of this reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate affords a path to the practical realization of a new generation of mechanical computers.
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