Systems for mechanical logic based on additively manufacturable micro-mechanical logic gates
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to various mechanical logic gates. In one example a mechanical logic NOT gate system is formed which has a first pair of bi-stable buckling structures each being operatively connected at a first connection point thereof to one another, and also to a first rigid structure at second connection points, the first rigid structure being held stationary. A second pair of bi-stable buckling flexures is each operatively connected at first connection points thereof to each other and at second connection points thereof to a second rigid structure being held stationary. An output element is coupled a first one of each of the first and second pairs of bi-stable buckling structures. An input element is coupled to a second one of each of the first and second pairs of bi-stable buckling structures. The output element moves from a logic 1 position to a logic 0 position in response to movement of the input element from a logic 0 position to a logic 1 positions, respectively.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650997
- Patent Number(s):
- 10678293
- Application Number:
- 16/178,690
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06C - DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY
H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/02/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Pascall, Andrew, Mancini, Julie, Panas, Robert Matthew, Song, Yuanping, and Hopkins, Jonathan. Systems for mechanical logic based on additively manufacturable micro-mechanical logic gates. United States: N. p., 2020.
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@article{osti_1650997,
title = {Systems for mechanical logic based on additively manufacturable micro-mechanical logic gates},
author = {Pascall, Andrew and Mancini, Julie and Panas, Robert Matthew and Song, Yuanping and Hopkins, Jonathan},
abstractNote = {The present disclosure is directed to various mechanical logic gates. In one example a mechanical logic NOT gate system is formed which has a first pair of bi-stable buckling structures each being operatively connected at a first connection point thereof to one another, and also to a first rigid structure at second connection points, the first rigid structure being held stationary. A second pair of bi-stable buckling flexures is each operatively connected at first connection points thereof to each other and at second connection points thereof to a second rigid structure being held stationary. An output element is coupled a first one of each of the first and second pairs of bi-stable buckling structures. An input element is coupled to a second one of each of the first and second pairs of bi-stable buckling structures. The output element moves from a logic 1 position to a logic 0 position in response to movement of the input element from a logic 0 position to a logic 1 positions, respectively.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {6}
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