| 摘要 |
763,038. Electrical digital-data-storage apparatus. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Sept. 6, 1954 [Sept. 9, 1953], No. 25809/54. Class 106 (1). (Also in Group XXXIX] A two-dimensional matrix arrangement of bi-stable magnetic trigger units for use, e.g., in a digital-data-storage apparatus, comprises a low-reluctance plate r formed with recesses which are bridged by trigger elements t of highly remanent material. A magnetic circuit is thus formed around each recess, the circuit including only a small active portion of the trigger element. The losses in such a circuit are less than those in a comparable saturable annular core and a greater recurrence frequency is obtainable. The losses are further reduced if both the plate and the trigger elements are of low electrical conductivity. One arrangement, Fig. 3, has individual trigger elements t and recesses s through which are passed the usual matrix conductors. The trigger elements may be arranged on suitably slotted raised portions of the plate r, Fig. 4, or the plate itself may be formed with continuous slots for the conductors. In such an arrangement, to ensure that the active lengths of the trigger elements t are equal, the corners beneath the latter are cut away, e.g., by enlarging one of the slots p as shown in Fig. 10. The longitudinally aligned trigger elements may be combined in a single strip or all the elements may be replaced by a ferritic single-crystal plate t<SP>11</SP>, Fig. 8, having a preferential direction with respect to its magnetic properties corresponding to the direction of the elements it replaces. The arrangements may be strengthened by backing the elements t or t<SP>11</SP> with a thick plate of non-magnetic material and/or embedding them in protective material such as glass. |
