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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Phillip M. Drayer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
An optical memory,including an optical storage element,for storing data as a packet of photons, optical storage element,delaying in time the packet of photons traveling through the storage element from a first point to a second point. A photon source,receives an electrical signal representing data and injects the packet on to optical storage element,in response, and a detector,selectively detects the packet traveling on optical storage element,. A feedback path,couples photon source,and detector,for recirculating the packet through storage element