US3296424A
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General purpose majority-decision logic arrays
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-05-09
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Granted: 1967-01-03
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Expires: 1982-05-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Cohn Marius
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:48
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K19/00; H03K19/02; H03K19/16; H03K19/162; H03K19/173; H03K19/1733
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
354 words
A FUNCTION GENERATOR, FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY ONE OF THE SIXTEEN BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS OF TWO INDEPENDENT VARIABLES A AND B, COMPRISING: A FIRST LOGIC LEVEL OF FOUR MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENTS FOR GENERATING FOUR OUTPUT SIGNALS COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLES A AND B AND FUNCTION SELECTION SIGNALS X1, X2, X3 AND X4, A FIRST MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A, B, AND X1 TO GENERATE A FIRST OUTPUT SIGNAL, A SECOND MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF $A, B, AND X2 TO GENERATE A SECOND OUTPUT SIGNAL, A THIRD MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A, $B, AND X3 TO GENERATE A THIRD OUTPUT SIGNAL, AND A FOURTH MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF $A, $B, AND X4 TO GENERATE A FOURTH OUTPUT SIGNAL, A SECOND LOGIC LEVEL OF TWO MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENTS FOR GENERATING TWO OUTPUT SIGNALS COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE FOUR OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATION OF A BINARY ZERO, A FIRST MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ZERO TO GENERATE A FIRST OUTPUT SIGNAL, AND A SECOND MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID THIRD AND FOURTH OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ZERO TO GENERATE A SECOND OUTPUT SIGNAL, A THIRD LOGIC LEVEL OF ONE MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BOOLEAN FUNCTION COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE TWO OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID SECOND LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ONE, AND A MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID SECOND LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ONE TO GENERATE A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BOOLEAN FUNCTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
354 words
A FUNCTION GENERATOR, FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY ONE OF THE SIXTEEN BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS OF TWO INDEPENDENT VARIABLES A AND B, COMPRISING: A FIRST LOGIC LEVEL OF FOUR MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENTS FOR GENERATING FOUR OUTPUT SIGNALS COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLES A AND B AND FUNCTION SELECTION SIGNALS X1, X2, X3 AND X4, A FIRST MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A, B, AND X1 TO GENERATE A FIRST OUTPUT SIGNAL, A SECOND MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF $A, B, AND X2 TO GENERATE A SECOND OUTPUT SIGNAL, A THIRD MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A, $B, AND X3 TO GENERATE A THIRD OUTPUT SIGNAL, AND A FOURTH MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIONS OF $A, $B, AND X4 TO GENERATE A FOURTH OUTPUT SIGNAL, A SECOND LOGIC LEVEL OF TWO MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENTS FOR GENERATING TWO OUTPUT SIGNALS COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE FOUR OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATION OF A BINARY ZERO, A FIRST MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ZERO TO GENERATE A FIRST OUTPUT SIGNAL, AND A SECOND MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID THIRD AND FOURTH OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID FIRST LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ZERO TO GENERATE A SECOND OUTPUT SIGNAL, A THIRD LOGIC LEVEL OF ONE MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BOOLEAN FUNCTION COMPRISING; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE TWO OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID SECOND LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ONE, AND A MAJORITY LOGIC ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR UTILIZING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID SECOND LOGIC LEVEL AND A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY ONE TO GENERATE A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A BOOLEAN FUNCTION.
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