Rockwell International Corporation

Thomas R Oeffinger

Peter K George

Tsutomu Kobayashi

Robert F Bailey

John P Reekstin, Jr

Leonard R Tocci

A method of fabricating a microelectronic circuit device on a substrate by forming a layer of electrically and thermally conductive material (13) on a surface of a substrate (10). Channels are then etched in the layer of conductive material (13) to form patterns of the conductive material which are delineated from the remainder of the layer of conductive material. The channels are filled with an electrically insulating material (21, 22, 23) so as to form a substantially planar surface layer on the substrate. Finally, a microelectronic circuit device (e.g., 25) is formed on the substantially planar surface.

Method of fabrication of bubble domain device structures

A block oriented random access memory (BORAM) magnetic bubble domain system which provides increased throughput of information and reduced access or read time for the same information as compared to existing major-minor or decoder accessed chip organizations which it is designed to replace.

Block oriented random access bubble memory

There is described a passive replicator device to be used in magnetic bubble domain systems. The replicator is passive, i.e., does not require an active element such as a current source or the like, and both propagates and replicates bubble domains. In a preferred embodiment, the replicator uses chevron type elements arranged in an appropriate pattern so as to interact with a pair of propagation paths wherein bubble domains are propagated. A bubble in one propagation path is routinely transferred therealong and, concurrently, replicated by the instant device into another propagation path. A plurality of elements arranged in juxtaposition to the chevrons assists in controlling the propagation of the bubbles through the respective propagation paths and, at the appropriate time, provides a cutting action wherein a bubble which is elongated between the chevrons of the two propagation paths is split into two separate bubbles.

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Thomas R Oeffinger