Static information storage and retrieval – Systems using particular element – Electrochemical
Patent
1981-05-14
1983-08-30
Hecker, Stuart N.
Static information storage and retrieval
Systems using particular element
Electrochemical
365127, 340783, 340787, G11C 1142
Patent
active
044020627
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for storing and retrieving information using the phenomenon of dielectrophoresis. First and second materials are contained within a housing, and a non-uniform electrical field is applied to the materials. The materials have different dielectric constants, and relative movement of the materials occurs as a result of dielectrophoretic forces resulting from the applied non-uniform field. Different positions of one of the materials within the housing correspond to stored information and varying the applied non-uniform field varies the position of the one material to change the corresponding information. A detector is provided to locate the position of the one material in the housing corresponding to the stored information to retrieve the information represented by that position.
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