Electronic device and method and performing logic functions
US7545179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K17/545
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device is presented which is configured to operate as at least one logic gate. The device comprises an electrodes arrangement of one or more basic units, the basic unit being configured to define at least one vacuum space for free charged particles' propagation and comprising an input assembly for supplying an input signal, and a floating electrode assembly accommodated proximal said input assembly and serving for reading an output signal therefrom, the floating electrode arrangement being configured to define at least one source of the free charged particles and at least one target toward which the charged particles are directed and is chargeable and dischargeable in response to the input signal thereby creating the output of the basic unit.
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