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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183888 | Parity unit using 3-input NANDs Disclosed herein is a logic circuit which responds to three signals to detect whether the number of signals taking one of logic-1 and logic-0 is odd or even, and includes five NAND gates. The first NAND gate is supplied with the first signal, the second signal and t... | 05/22/2012 |
| RE43160 | High speed differential signaling logic gate and applications thereof A high-speed differential signaling logic gate includes a 1st input transistor, 2nd input transistor, complimentary transistor, current source, a 1st load, and a 2nd load. The 1st input transistor is operably co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8058906 | Non-majority MQCA magnetic logic gates and arrays based on misaligned magnetic islands A non-majority magnetic logic gate device for use in constructing compact and power efficient logical magnetic arrays is presented. The non-majority magnetic logic gate device includes a substrate, symmetrically aligned magnetic islands (SAMIs), at least one misalig... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8030970 | Device forming a logic gate for detecting a logic error The invention relates to a device for forming an electric circuit comprising logic means (30) generating and using small signals of intermediate levels between the device supply levels and means for detecting signals leaving the small signal range. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022732 | Universal logic gate utilizing nanotechnology A universal logic gate apparatus is disclosed, which include a plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles having a plurality of resistive connections, wherein the plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles comprise resistive connects utilized to ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7973566 | Logic based on the evolution of nonlinear dynamical systems A logic gate implements logical expressions. A least one logic gate input receives at least one input logic gate signal and at least one control signal. At least one output for produces a logic gate output signal. A nonlinear updater operates as a dynamically config... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7948271 | Molecular wire crossbar logic (MWCL) A programmable logic array (PLA) comprising a two-dimensional array of a plurality of nanometer-scale switches is provided. Each switch comprises a pair of crossed wires which form a junction where one wire crosses another and at least one connector species connecti... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944244 | Multi-functional logic gate device and programmable integrated circuit device using the same Provided is a logic gate device capable of performing multiple logic operations by using a single logic gate circuit. The multi-functional logic gate device includes a pull-up switching unit having input switches of a first group being respectively connected to mult... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7924059 | Reconfigurable and reliable logic circuit elements that exploit nonlinearity and noise A logic gate is adapted to implement logical expressions. The logic gate includes at least one input that is adapted to receive an input signal and at least one control signal. At least one of the input signal and the control signal is a noise signal. At least one o... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911234 | Nanotube logic circuits A logic cell that is immune to misaligned carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are positioned on a substrate. Contacts are formed on a layer of carbon nanotubes, including a first input contact, a second input contact, an output contact, a first gate region, and a sec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906991 | Nanotube-based logic driver circuits Nanotube based logic driver circuits. These include pull-up driver circuits, push-pull driver circuits, tristate driver circuits, among others. Under one embodiment, an off-chip driver circuit includes a differential input having first and second signal links, each ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898298 | Inverter driver integrated circuit An inverter driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a control signal generator generating a first control signal and a second control signal by use of a pulse width modulation oscillator signal, a comparator comparing a half-wave rectified signal of a lamp feedback ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7863937 | Logic based on the evolution of nonlinear dynamical systems A logic gate implements logical expressions. A least one logic gate input receives at least one input logic gate signal and at least one control signal. At least one output for produces a logic gate output signal. A nonlinear updater operates as a dynamically config... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839176 | Methods of making nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits Nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits. Under one embodiment of the invention, a switching element includes an input node, an output node, a nanotube channel element having at least one electrically conductive nanotube, and a control electrode. The con... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834663 | NAND/NOR registers A register receives an input signal and provides output signals that represent true complementary logic values of the input signal. One implementation of the register includes: a first stage circuit and a second stage circuit. After the output signals are derived, t... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830179 | Multi-functional logic gate device and programmable integrated circuit device using the same Provided is a logic gate device capable of performing multiple logic operations by using a single logic gate circuit. The multi-functional logic gate device includes a pull-up switching unit having input switches of a first group being respectively connected to mult... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821298 | Multiplexing using product-of-sums and sum-of-products A method for and the results of implementing a tree of multiplexing are disclosed. At each level of the tree, a sum-of-products or a product-of-sums representation is chosen to maximize inter-level optimizations. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7791376 | Logic circuit using metal-insulator transition (MIT) device Provided is a logic circuit comprising a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device, including: an MIT device unit including an MIT thin film, an electrode thin film contacting the MIT thin film, and at least one MIT device undergoing a discontinuous MIT at a transitio... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7768315 | Multiplexor with leakage power regulator A circuit for a multiplexer includes a pair of NAND gates with outputs coupled to an OAI gate constructed from a complementary circuit formed from solid state devices. A current flow controller formed from solid state devices is coupled to one of the NAND gates. Whe... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7746118 | Single electron based flexible multi-functional logic circuit and the transistor thereof The present invention relates to a flexible multi-functional logic circuit which switches a current direction to a serial or parallel direction using at least two single electron transistors (SETs) having the same pattern and as many field effect transistors (FETs) ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741879 | Apparatus and method for generating a constant logical value in an integrated circuit An apparatus for generating a constant logical value in an integrated circuit includes a first logic network having n outputs, the n outputs providing 2n possible output combinations, where the n outputs assume a state that is a subset of the 2n | 06/22/2010 |
| 7719318 | Nanoeletromechanical switch and logic circuits formed therefrom A nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switch is formed on a substrate with a source electrode containing a suspended electrically-conductive beam which is anchored to the substrate at each end. This beam, which can be formed of ruthenium, bows laterally in response to a vol... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7710157 | Nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls and logic circuits having said elements Boolean logic circuits comprising nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls. The Boolean logic circuits include input and output terminals and a network of nanotube switching elements electrically disposed between said at least one input terminal and ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7659750 | Thermal electric NOR gate A thermal electric (TE) binary NOR gate logic circuit is provided with a method for NOR logic gating. The method accepts a first input voltage representing an input binary logic state and generates a first thermal electric (TE) temperature in response to the first i... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7629814 | Latch circuit and deserializer circuit A latch includes a precharging unit, a memory logic unit, an input amplifying unit, and a clock synchronization switch. The memory logic unit and the input amplifying unit are arranged in a same transistor level. Thus, the latch has three transistor levels. Further,... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7602218 | Thermal electric NAND gate A thermal electric (TE) binary NAND gate logic circuit is provided with a method for NAND logic gating. The method accepts a first input voltage representing an input binary logic state and generates a first thermal electric (TE) temperature in response to the first... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7564267 | Thermal electric logic circuit A thermal electric binary logic circuit is provided along with a method for switching a thermal electric binary logic circuit. The method accepts an input voltage representing an input logic state and generates a thermal electric (TE) temperature value in response t... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7541842 | Nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits Nanotube-based switching elements and logic circuits. Under one embodiment of the invention, a switching element includes an input node, an output node, a nanotube channel element having at least one electrically conductive nanotube, and a control electrode. The con... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7535259 | Clocked inverter, NAND, NOR and shift register A threshold voltage of a transistor is fluctuated because of fluctuation in film thickness of a gate insulating film or in gate length and gate width caused by differences of used substrates or manufacturing steps. In order to solve the problem, according to the pre... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7514964 | Universal programmable logic gate and routing method An universal and programmable logic gate based on G4-FET technology is disclosed, leading to the design of more efficient logic circuits. A new full adder design based on the G4-FET is also presented. The G4-FET can also function as ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7436218 | Magnetic AND/NOR circuit A magnetic AND/NOR circuit has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth magnetic transistor. These four magnetic transistors as ordinary transistors that can be turned on or turned off by the control of several metal devices respectively disposed around the magnetic... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432736 | Logic basic cell A logic basic cell contains a first logic function block and a second logic function block for the logic combination of a first input signal and a second input signal in accordance with a predeterminable first or second logic subfunction, and a first logic transisto... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429872 | Logic circuit combining exclusive OR gate and exclusive NOR gate A logic circuit combining an exclusive OR gate and an exclusive NOR gate is provided. The logic circuit includes an NMOS transistor, a PMOS transistor, and first and second inverters. The NMOS transistor has a source connected to a first input signal, a drain connec... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420396 | Universal logic gate utilizing nanotechnology A universal logic gate apparatus is disclosed, which include a plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles having a plurality of resistive connections, wherein the plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles comprise resistive connects utilized to ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417466 | Flip-flop circuit and frequency divider using the flip-flop circuit In a flip-flop circuit where latched complementary signals of first and second output terminals are inverted by complementary first and second input pulses, the conductivity of a first load transistor connected to the first output terminal is controlled by the signa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414437 | Nanomechanical computer An electromechanical switching device employs a first nanoscale pillar shuttling charge between opposed charged electrodes. Motion of the first pillar is coupled to a second set of pillars providing controlled charge transfer between a second isolated set of electro... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405599 | Magnetic transistor with the OR/NOR/NAND/AND functions A magnetic transistor circuit with the OR, NOR, NAND and AND functions has a first, a second, a third, a fourth magnetic transistor, and a routing line. These four magnetic transistors as ordinary transistors that can be turned on or turned off by the control of sev... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403043 | Magnetic Transistor Circuit Representing the Data ‘1’ and ‘0’ of the Binary System A magnetic transistor circuit representing the data ‘1’ and ‘0’ of the binary system comprises a routing line and a magnetic transistor unit. The routing line has a current going through with a first current direction or a second current direction, wherein t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400176 | Magnetic OR/NAND circuit A magnetic OR/NAND circuit has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth magnetic transistor. These four magnetic transistors that work as the ordinary transistors can be turned on or turned off by the control of several metal devices respectively disposed around the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397285 | Magnetic transistor with the AND/NAND/NOR/OR functions A magnetic transistor circuit with the AND, NAND, NOR and OR functions has a first, a second, a third, a fourth magnetic transistor, and a routing line. These four magnetic transistors act as ordinary transistors that can be turned on or turned off by the control of... | 07/08/2008 |
