Abstract:
A memory array comparable to a core memory may be built up by use of a low-power silicon-control rectifier as the bistable element in each memory cell. In the preferred embodiment the gate of the low-power SCR is not used, and the four-layer device is referred to as a trigger diode. The trigger diode is driven into a high-conductance state by exceeding the breakover voltage and into a low-conductance state by dropping the current below the holding current. During the high-conductance state, the holding current is guaranteed by a bias circuit directly connected to the anode of the trigger diode. The diode is switched from one bistable state to the other by transient voltages generated in an adjoining circuit. The transients are coupled to the trigger diode by a capacitor. Both the read and write operation are halfselect operations so that a single memory cell may be selectively written to a '''' 1'''' or to a '''' 0'''' stable state. Readout is accomplished by half-select driving one coordinate and monitoring the drive line on the orthogonal coordinate.
Abstract:
A magneto-optic transducing system is utilized to convert a magnetic recording into electrical signals. For purposes of decoding the electrical signals into data, it is necessary that the electrical signal transduced from a magnetic recording be synchronized with a reference clock signal. Synchronization is obtained herein by fixing the frequency of the reference clock signal and varying the frequency of the data signal as transduced from the magnetic recording. The frequency and phase of the data signal are varied by varying the scanning sweep speed used in a magneto-optic transducer. Two alternative embodiments are shown. In the first embodiment, the scanning is accomplished by a vidicon which scans the magneto-optic image of a large block of data. In an alternative embodiment, a cathode ray tube is used as the light source for the magneto-optic transducer so that each bit may be separately scanned by deflecting the beam in the cathode ray tube. Synchronization is obtained by comparing the frequency and phase of the data signal from the transducing system with the frequency and phase of the reference clock and feeding back an error signal to the deflection coils of the cathode ray tube or the vidicon. The correction signal increases or decreases the sweep speed as is necessary to synchronize the data with the clock.