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.
Abstract:
SINGLE SIDED, HIGH DENSITY BUBBLE DOMAIN PROPAGATION DEVICE A magnetic bubble domain propagation device which is single sided and can be used to move bubble domains in amorphous magnetic films. The propagation structure is comprised of either one or two layers located on a single side of the amorphous magnetic medium. Preferably, the propagation elements in each layer are contiguous to one another to provide maximum density. In a preferred embodiment, the propagation elements are circular, but other geometries can be used. The amorphous magnetic material is deposited over these underlayer propagation elements in order to create a change in the profile of the amorphous material. This change in profile of the amorphous material acts as a restraining barrier to bubble domain movement, so that the bubble domains will move along the proper channel without drifting to other propagation channels, and will move from one propagation element to the next without merely idling at any of the propagation elements.
Abstract:
METHOD FOR MAKING HIGH DENSITY MAGNETIC BUBBLE DOMAIN SYSTEM A method for making a high density magnetic bubble domain system including the functions of read, write, storage, transfer, and annihilation. Only three masking steps are required, of which only one requires critical alignment. The process makes use of the fact that magnetic disks can be placed on non ion implanted regions without adversely affecting the propagation properties of the implanted regions. Thus, the magnetic disks can be used to define ion implantation masks as well as for providing functions such as generation, propagation, reading, and annihilation. Magnetic elements for generation, storage and propagation, reading and annihilation are deposited in the same non-critical masking step, while all conductors used for writing, reading, and transfer are deposited by a single masking step requiring critical alignment.