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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

Ronald Dean Goldblatt, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

Ronald Dean Goldblatt, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/49 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/002 (2013.01); G11B 5/4893 (2013.01); G11B 5/4984 (2013.01); G11B 5/78 (2013.01); G11B 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device select system according to one embodiment includes an array of first electrical contacts adapted for coupling to a cable; an array of second electrical contacts adapted for coupling to an array of transducers, there being more second electrical contacts than first electrical contacts each of the first electrical contacts being associated with at least two of the second electrical contacts; and a select mechanism for selectively placing each of the first electrical contacts in electrical communication with one of the second electrical contacts associated therewith.


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