Rockwell International Corporation

Wai-Tak P Lee

Isoris S Gergis

The REAL TIME KEYBOARD SCANNER shown herein provides scanning and debouncing, but not multiple key resolution or buffering. At the end of each keyboard scan, the scanner produces a code indicating which key was depressed, or that no key was depressed, or that multiple keys were depressed. If this code is the same as the code in a valid-key register, then no change is made to the valid-key register and no debouncing is performed. If the codes differ, then debouncing is performed. The CPU served by the scanner can examine the code in the valid-key register whenever it finds such examination to be convenient, and need not tie up valuable processing time in continuously monitoring the valid-key register. If desired, an interrupt may be sent to the CPU when the code in the valid-key register is changed.

Real time keyboard scanner

A detector for magnetic bubble domain devices including an input path for receiving and propagating magnetic bubble domains, an expander device which intersects the input path and functions to expand the bubble domain in a first direction, and a replication device which intersects the expander and functions to cut the expanded bubble into a plurality of magnetic bubble domains and to expand the bubble domain in a second direction. A plurality of detector strips are disposed along the second direction functioning to detect the plurality of magnetic bubble domains.

Multi-replicator stretcher detector

A bi-level magnetic bubble domain propagation structure in which the domain guide structure is formed by a spatially periodic pattern of permalloy implemented on two discrete levels separated by a substantially vertical gap. The structure forms a pattern of contiguous disk on one level and the complementary image of such disks on the second level.

Complementary bi-level magnetic bubble propagation circuit

A bi-level magnetic bubble domain propagation structure in which the domain guide structure is formed by a spatially periodic pattern of permalloy implemented on two discrete levels separated by a substantially vertical gap. The structure forms a complementary pattern of contiguous disks, and the complementary image of such disks.

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Santa Ana, CA, United States of America

Wai-Tak P Lee